Chennai panchang, 28 August 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 09:50 Bhadrapada 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 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:57
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:18
- Karana Balava until 17:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
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) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 17:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 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
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:04 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 – 05:16 Cancer
- 05:16 – 07:19 Leo
- 07:19 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 11:27 Libra
- 11:27 – 13:39 Scorpio
- 13:39 – 15:46 Sagittarius
- 15:46 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 19:21 Aquarius
- 19:21 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 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