Chennai panchang, 29 August 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 10:38 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 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:48
- 07:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:12 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:22 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:22
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 14:12
- Karana Kaulava until 07:09, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:12 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:22 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:48
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 18:20 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 11:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 05:58 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:12 Cancer
- 05:12 – 07:15 Leo
- 07:15 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:23 Libra
- 11:23 – 13:35 Scorpio
- 13:35 – 15:42 Sagittarius
- 15:42 – 17:35 Capricorn
- 17:35 – 19:17 Aquarius
- 19:17 – 20:57 Pisces
- 20:57 – 22:45 Aries
- 22:45 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 05:08 next day Cancer
- 05:08 – 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