Chennai panchang, 23 August 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 05:51 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 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:18
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:24 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:36
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:55 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 13:19
- Karana Naga until 11:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:18
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) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:36 Cancer
- 05:36 – 07:38 Leo
- 07:38 – 09:40 Virgo
- 09:40 – 11:47 Libra
- 11:47 – 13:59 Scorpio
- 13:59 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 23:09 Aries
- 23:09 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 05:32 next day Cancer
- 05:32 – 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