Chennai panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 19:58 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:18
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:58
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:45 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:48
- Karana Gara until 16:58, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- 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 – 18:18
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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:16 – 11:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 11:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 09:42 Aries
- 09:42 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 20:09 Virgo
- 20:09 – 22:16 Libra
- 22:16 – 00:28 next day Scorpio
- 00:28 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:28 next day Capricorn
- 04:28 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 06:15 next day Pisces
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