Chennai panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 00:42 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:51
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:00
- Karana Balava until 07:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:51
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 06:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 14:15
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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 05:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:15 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 17:48 Virgo
- 17:48 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 02:07 next day Capricorn
- 02:07 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 05:53 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