Chennai panchang, 11 January 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 15:29 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:07
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:58 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 11:48
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:07
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:35 – 12:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 12:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:53 Aries
- 13:53 – 15:55 Taurus
- 15:55 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:19 Leo
- 22:19 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 02:27 next day Libra
- 02:27 – 04:39 next day Scorpio
- 04:39 – 06:35 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