Chennai panchang, 23 May 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 02:14 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:52
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 18:36
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:52
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- 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 18:28 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 22:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:02 – 05:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:02 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:14 Aries
- 05:14 – 07:16 Taurus
- 07:16 – 09:28 Gemini
- 09:28 – 11:37 Cancer
- 11:37 – 13:40 Leo
- 13:40 – 15:42 Virgo
- 15:42 – 17:48 Libra
- 17:48 – 20:00 Scorpio
- 20:00 – 22:07 Sagittarius
- 22:07 – 00:01 next day Capricorn
- 00:01 – 01:43 next day Aquarius
- 01:43 – 03:22 next day Pisces
- 03:22 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 05:42 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