Chennai panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 18:15 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:20 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:53
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:25 to 05:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 05:52 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:00 – 05:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:53
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. 04:14 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 06:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:45 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 08:00 Taurus
- 08:00 – 10:11 Gemini
- 10:11 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 16:25 Virgo
- 16:25 – 18:32 Libra
- 18:32 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:51 Sagittarius
- 22:51 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 02:26 next day Aquarius
- 02:26 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:44 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