Chennai panchang, 21 February 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 00:31 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:47
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:15 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:58
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:59
- Karana Kaulava until 11:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:54 – 06:29 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. 04:51 – 05:40
- 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 18:15 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:02 Capricorn
- 06:02 – 07:44 Aquarius
- 07:44 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:12 Aries
- 11:12 – 13:14 Taurus
- 13:14 – 15:26 Gemini
- 15:26 – 17:35 Cancer
- 17:35 – 19:38 Leo
- 19:38 – 21:40 Virgo
- 21:40 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:29 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