Chennai panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 16:55 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:48
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:05 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:00
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:48
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. 04:43 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 04:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:48 Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 12:00 Taurus
- 12:00 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:23 Leo
- 18:23 – 20:25 Virgo
- 20:25 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:43 next day Scorpio
- 00:43 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 06:18 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