Chennai panchang, 12 July 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 20:07 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:50 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:26
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:00 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:38 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:31
- Karana Taitila until 14:00, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
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. 04:20 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:50 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:11 Gemini
- 06:11 – 08:21 Cancer
- 08:21 – 10:24 Leo
- 10:24 – 12:25 Virgo
- 12:25 – 14:32 Libra
- 14:32 – 16:44 Scorpio
- 16:44 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 20:44 Capricorn
- 20:44 – 22:26 Aquarius
- 22:26 – 00:06 next day Pisces
- 00:06 – 01:54 next day Aries
- 01:54 – 03:56 next day Taurus
- 03:56 – 05:50 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