Chennai panchang, 20 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 23:24 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 18:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:45
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 09:59
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:52 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:45
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:30 – 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:32 Gemini
- 17:32 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 01:52 next day Libra
- 01:52 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 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