Chennai panchang, 31 August 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:21 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 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:19
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:19 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:58 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:59
- Karana Vishti until 11:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:09 – 15:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:59 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 17:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:27 – 05:58 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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:04 Cancer
- 05:04 – 07:07 Leo
- 07:07 – 09:09 Virgo
- 09:09 – 11:15 Libra
- 11:15 – 13:27 Scorpio
- 13:27 – 15:34 Sagittarius
- 15:34 – 17:28 Capricorn
- 17:28 – 19:09 Aquarius
- 19:09 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 22:37 Aries
- 22:37 – 00:39 next day Taurus
- 00:39 – 02:51 next day Gemini
- 02:51 – 05:00 next day Cancer
- 05:00 – 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