Chennai panchang, 20 March 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 23:16 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:53
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:45 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:31 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 13:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:53
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. 04:38 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 23:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:31 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 07:38 Pisces
- 07:38 – 09:26 Aries
- 09:26 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:12 next day Capricorn
- 04:12 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
- 05:54 – 06:13 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