Chennai panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 10:45 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:54
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:54 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:32
- Karana Kaulava until 09:09, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:54
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:50 – 15:27 next day
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. 04:52 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:18 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:34 next day | Good |
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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:44 next day Virgo
- 00:44 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 06:34 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