Chennai panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 01:05 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 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:19
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:19 to 06:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:38 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:18 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 17:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:37, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:19
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:58 – 05:21 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. 04:36 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:18 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:12 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:11 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 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:37 Cancer
- 15:37 – 17:40 Leo
- 17:40 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:11 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