Chennai panchang, 12 April 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 17:55 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:15
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:52 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:40
- Karana Vishti until 16:36, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 18:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:07 – 05:58 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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:28 Aquarius
- 04:28 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 18:23 Virgo
- 18:23 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:42 next day Capricorn
- 02:42 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:58 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