Chennai panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 11:55 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:23
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:23 to 05:47 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:19
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 00:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:19, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:19 – 19:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:23
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 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:47 – 12:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:22 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 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
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:41 Pisces
- 04:41 – 06:29 Aries
- 06:29 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:43 Gemini
- 10:43 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 21:15 Scorpio
- 21:15 – 23:22 Sagittarius
- 23:22 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 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