Chennai panchang, 3 May 2025
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 10:58 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:48 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 06:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:23 to 05:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 01:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:19 – 05:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:40 – 04:04 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. 04:16 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 12:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:48 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:47 Gemini
- 10:47 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 14:59 Leo
- 14:59 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:07 Libra
- 19:07 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:26 Sagittarius
- 23:26 – 01:19 next day Capricorn
- 01:19 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:47 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