Chennai panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 03:59 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:56
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:25 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:45
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:08 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:14
- Karana Vanija until 12:45, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 16:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:45 – 00:17 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:56
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 00:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 00:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 07:46 Leo
- 07:46 – 09:48 Virgo
- 09:48 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 18:07 Capricorn
- 18:07 – 19:49 Aquarius
- 19:49 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:19 next day Taurus
- 01:19 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:39 next day Cancer
- 05:39 – 05:58 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