Chennai panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 23:25 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:27
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 05:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 06:42
- Karana Taitila until 05:58, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:27
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. 04:13 – 04:58
- 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 18:27 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 18:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:52 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:36 Taurus
- 07:36 – 09:48 Gemini
- 09:48 – 11:57 Cancer
- 11:57 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:27 Sagittarius
- 22:27 – 00:20 next day Capricorn
- 00:20 – 02:02 next day Aquarius
- 02:02 – 03:42 next day Pisces
- 03:42 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 05:43 next day Taurus
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