Chennai panchang, 26 February 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 05:02 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:50
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:16 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:08
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 02:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:08, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:50 – 16:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:50
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:23 – 06:26 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. 04:49 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:16 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 07:25 Aquarius
- 07:25 – 09:04 Pisces
- 09:04 – 10:52 Aries
- 10:52 – 12:55 Taurus
- 12:55 – 15:06 Gemini
- 15:06 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:18 Leo
- 19:18 – 21:20 Virgo
- 21:20 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:38 next day Scorpio
- 01:38 – 03:46 next day Sagittarius
- 03:46 – 05:39 next day Capricorn
- 05:39 – 06:26 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