Chennai panchang, 8 April 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 14:52 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:20 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 18:10
- Karana Vanija until 08:32, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:32 – 21:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:10 – 20:34
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. 04:27 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 07:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 07:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:01 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:43 Aquarius
- 04:43 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 08:11 Aries
- 08:11 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:34 Cancer
- 14:34 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:39 Virgo
- 18:39 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:00 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