Chennai panchang, 18 June 2025
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:35 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:46
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:35 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:35 to 05:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:35
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 07:40
- Karana Bava until 13:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:24 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:46
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. 04:15 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:44 – 13:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:34 Taurus
- 05:34 – 07:46 Gemini
- 07:46 – 09:55 Cancer
- 09:55 – 11:58 Leo
- 11:58 – 14:00 Virgo
- 14:00 – 16:06 Libra
- 16:06 – 18:18 Scorpio
- 18:18 – 20:25 Sagittarius
- 20:25 – 22:19 Capricorn
- 22:19 – 00:00 next day Aquarius
- 00:00 – 01:40 next day Pisces
- 01:40 – 03:28 next day Aries
- 03:28 – 05:30 next day Taurus
- 05:30 – 05:44 next day Gemini
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