Chennai panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 22:58 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:21 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:55 – 08:21
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 05:54 next day Aries
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