Chennai panchang, 4 April 2025
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 11:07 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:47
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:13
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:20 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:45
- Karana Gara until 08:52, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:45 – 00:09 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. 04:30 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- 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 05:20 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:59 Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:41 Gemini
- 12:41 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:13 Scorpio
- 23:13 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 03:13 next day Capricorn
- 03:13 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:03 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