Chennai panchang, 24 March 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 01:59 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:53
- 10:24 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:19 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:05 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:26 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 16:44
- Karana Vanija until 17:28, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:24 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 22:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:29 – 06:01 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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 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 04:26 – 06:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:33 Cancer
- 15:33 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 19:38 Virgo
- 19:38 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:57 next day Capricorn
- 03:57 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 06:10 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