Chennai panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 00:53 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 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:57
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:57 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:00 Virgo
- 10:00 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:25 Sagittarius
- 16:25 – 18:19 Capricorn
- 18:19 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:40 Pisces
- 21:40 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:42 next day Gemini
- 03:42 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 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