Chennai panchang, 17 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 21:08 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:53 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:35
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:30 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:56 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:43, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 12:45
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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:45 – 06:36 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:45 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:27 Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:16 next day Scorpio
- 04:16 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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