Chennai panchang, 30 July 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 10:24 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- 13:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:42 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 03:40 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:41, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
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. 04:24 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:35 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 21:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:42 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:55 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:01 Gemini
- 05:01 – 07:10 Cancer
- 07:10 – 09:13 Leo
- 09:13 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 13:21 Libra
- 13:21 – 15:33 Scorpio
- 15:33 – 17:40 Sagittarius
- 17:40 – 19:33 Capricorn
- 19:33 – 21:15 Aquarius
- 21:15 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 00:43 next day Aries
- 00:43 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:57 next day Gemini
- 04:57 – 05:55 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