Chennai panchang, 21 March 2025
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:18 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:48
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:18 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:24 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 01:45 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:39, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:41 – 18:36 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:13 – 01:45 next day
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 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 01:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:13 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:08 next day Capricorn
- 04:08 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
- 05:50 – 06:12 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