Chennai panchang, 5 February 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 11:36 Magha 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 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:49
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:10 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:36 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 20:33
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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:33 – 06:35 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:33 – 06:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:33 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:12 Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 07:05 Capricorn
- 07:05 – 08:47 Aquarius
- 08:47 – 10:27 Pisces
- 10:27 – 12:15 Aries
- 12:15 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:29 Gemini
- 16:29 – 18:38 Cancer
- 18:38 – 20:41 Leo
- 20:41 – 22:42 Virgo
- 22:42 – 00:49 next day Libra
- 00:49 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 06:35 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