Chennai panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 22:24 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:47
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:18 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 17:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:25, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 18:49
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. 04:39 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:50 – 06:14 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:50 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:02 Aquarius
- 06:02 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 09:30 Aries
- 09:30 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:44 Gemini
- 13:44 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 17:56 Leo
- 17:56 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:04 Libra
- 22:04 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:16 next day Capricorn
- 04:16 – 05:58 next day Aquarius
- 05:58 – 06:14 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