Chennai panchang, 26 March 2025
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 03:38 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:45
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:19 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:29 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 12:25
- Karana Kaulava until 14:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:45
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:10 – 02:29 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. 04:35 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:10 – 01:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:34 Aquarius
- 05:34 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 11:04 Taurus
- 11:04 – 13:16 Gemini
- 13:16 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 23:48 Scorpio
- 23:48 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:31 next day Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:09 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