Chennai panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 20:45 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:54
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:18 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:33
- Nakshatra Chitra until 14:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:45
- Karana Vishti until 19:33, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:45 – 19:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:15 – 14:47
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 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:10 Aquarius
- 06:10 – 07:50 Pisces
- 07:50 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:04 Leo
- 18:04 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:12 Libra
- 22:12 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 06:06 next day Aquarius
- 06:06 – 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