Chennai panchang, 5 April 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:08 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:15
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:25 Moon enters Cancer
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:32 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:03
- Karana Vishti until 07:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:25 Moon enters Cancer
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
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. 04:29 – 05:16
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:26 – 06:02 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:02 next day | Good |
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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:55 Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 14:46 Cancer
- 14:46 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:02 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