Chennai panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 21:54 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 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:10
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:02 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:16 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:51 – 06:36 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 09:58 Aquarius
- 09:58 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:26 Aries
- 13:26 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:39 Gemini
- 17:39 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:00 next day Libra
- 02:00 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 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