Chennai panchang, 24 May 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 02:57 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:17
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:48 Moon enters Aries
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:00
- Karana Kaulava until 08:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:48 Moon enters Aries
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:17
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:42 – 13:48
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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 07:13 Taurus
- 07:13 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:33 Cancer
- 11:33 – 13:36 Leo
- 13:36 – 15:38 Virgo
- 15:38 – 17:45 Libra
- 17:45 – 19:56 Scorpio
- 19:56 – 22:03 Sagittarius
- 22:03 – 23:57 Capricorn
- 23:57 – 01:39 next day Aquarius
- 01:39 – 03:18 next day Pisces
- 03:18 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 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