Chennai panchang, 24 February 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 03:17 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:15 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:56 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:45
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:59 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:05
- Karana Balava until 13:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:56 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:05 – 08:14 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 18:59
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:59 – 06:27 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. 04:50 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:51 Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:32 Aquarius
- 07:32 – 09:12 Pisces
- 09:12 – 11:00 Aries
- 11:00 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:14 Gemini
- 15:14 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 19:26 Leo
- 19:26 – 21:28 Virgo
- 21:28 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:46 next day Scorpio
- 01:46 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:47 next day Capricorn
- 05:47 – 06:27 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