Chennai panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 22:03 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:53
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:14 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:35 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 08:54
- Karana Kaulava until 15:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:54 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:53
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:31 – 06:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:49 – 20:06
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. 04:53 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:14 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 08:00 Aquarius
- 08:00 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 11:28 Aries
- 11:28 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:41 Gemini
- 15:41 – 17:51 Cancer
- 17:51 – 19:54 Leo
- 19:54 – 21:55 Virgo
- 21:55 – 00:02 next day Libra
- 00:02 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:14 next day Capricorn
- 06:14 – 06:31 next day Aquarius
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