Chennai panchang, 2 April 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 09:07 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:44
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 06:07
- Karana Bava until 13:07, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:44
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. 04:31 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 08:49
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 08:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 08:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:49 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:07 Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:09 Libra
- 21:09 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 05:03 next day Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:04 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