Chennai panchang, 24 July 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 05:09 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:37 to 05:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:43 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 09:50
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:31, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:50 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:04
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. 04:23 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 16:43
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 16:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 00:41 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:43 – 05:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:43 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:01 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:24 Gemini
- 05:24 – 07:34 Cancer
- 07:34 – 09:36 Leo
- 09:36 – 11:38 Virgo
- 11:38 – 13:45 Libra
- 13:45 – 15:57 Scorpio
- 15:57 – 18:04 Sagittarius
- 18:04 – 19:57 Capricorn
- 19:57 – 21:39 Aquarius
- 21:39 – 23:18 Pisces
- 23:18 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:09 next day Taurus
- 03:09 – 05:20 next day Gemini
- 05:20 – 05:53 next day Cancer
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