Chennai panchang, 22 March 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 00:11 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:17
- 16:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:18 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 03:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:36
- Karana Balava until 16:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:17
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. 04:37 – 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:23 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:18 Aries
- 09:18 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:04 next day Scorpio
- 00:04 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 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