Chennai panchang, 9 March 2025
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 14:14 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:19 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:17
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:45 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:17 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:45
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:58
- Karana Gara until 07:45, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:45 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:41 – 07:45 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. 04:44 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 23:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:55 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:21 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:19 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:19 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:20 next day | Good |
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
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:00 Capricorn
- 05:00 – 06:41 Aquarius
- 06:41 – 08:21 Pisces
- 08:21 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:23 Gemini
- 14:23 – 16:32 Cancer
- 16:32 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 20:37 Virgo
- 20:37 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 00:55 next day Scorpio
- 00:55 – 03:02 next day Sagittarius
- 03:02 – 04:56 next day Capricorn
- 04:56 – 06:20 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