Chennai panchang, 26 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 03:39 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 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:06
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:33 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:37 – 08:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 08:26
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) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:26 – 06:36 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:26 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:51 Sagittarius
- 05:51 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 12:54 Aries
- 12:54 – 14:56 Taurus
- 14:56 – 17:08 Gemini
- 17:08 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:20 Leo
- 21:20 – 23:22 Virgo
- 23:22 – 01:28 next day Libra
- 01:28 – 03:40 next day Scorpio
- 03:40 – 05:47 next day Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 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