Chennai panchang, 17 August 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:28
- 08:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:24
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:29, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:28
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) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:04 Virgo
- 10:04 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:23 Capricorn
- 18:23 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 21:44 Pisces
- 21:44 – 23:32 Aries
- 23:32 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 05:55 next day Cancer
- 05:55 – 05:57 next day Leo
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