Chennai panchang, 30 April 2025
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 07:50 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:40
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:22 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:12
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:01
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:31
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:01 – 14:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
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. 04:17 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 16:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:18 – 05:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:18 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 13:08 Cancer
- 13:08 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:38 Sagittarius
- 23:38 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 05:49 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