Chennai panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 23:56 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:20
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:35
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:21
- Karana Balava until 10:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 08:04 next day
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:35 – 05:57 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:38 – 05:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:03 Cancer
- 06:03 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:08 Virgo
- 10:08 – 12:14 Libra
- 12:14 – 14:26 Scorpio
- 14:26 – 16:33 Sagittarius
- 16:33 – 18:27 Capricorn
- 18:27 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:48 Pisces
- 21:48 – 23:36 Aries
- 23:36 – 01:38 next day Taurus
- 01:38 – 03:50 next day Gemini
- 03:50 – 05:57 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