Chennai panchang, 28 March 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 05:07 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:48
- 09:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:47 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:19 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:09 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 02:06 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:32, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:47 Moon enters Pisces
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:03 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:54 – 15:47
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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 10:57 Taurus
- 10:57 – 13:08 Gemini
- 13:08 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:20 Leo
- 17:20 – 19:22 Virgo
- 19:22 – 21:29 Libra
- 21:29 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:08 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