Chennai panchang, 4 August 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 14:31 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:02
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:42
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 07:04
- Karana Gara until 11:42, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:02
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. 04:25 – 05:10
- 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 18:34 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 09:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 19:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:41 Gemini
- 04:41 – 06:50 Cancer
- 06:50 – 08:53 Leo
- 08:53 – 10:55 Virgo
- 10:55 – 13:01 Libra
- 13:01 – 15:13 Scorpio
- 15:13 – 17:20 Sagittarius
- 17:20 – 19:14 Capricorn
- 19:14 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 00:23 next day Aries
- 00:23 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 05:56 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