Chennai panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 07:44 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:37
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:06
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:32 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 11:05 Aquarius
- 11:05 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:00 next day Virgo
- 01:00 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method