Chennai panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:40 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:42
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:56
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 18:25
- Karana Bava until 10:01, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:52 – 22:05
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 22:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:21 Gemini
- 12:21 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:35 Virgo
- 18:35 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 22:53 Scorpio
- 22:53 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 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