Chennai panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 02:14 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:40
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:51
- Karana Vishti until 16:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 16:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:40
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:52 – 12:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:38 – 15:36
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:12 Aries
- 07:12 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 15:38 Leo
- 15:38 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:05 next day Sagittarius
- 00:05 – 01:59 next day Capricorn
- 01:59 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 05:52 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