Chennai panchang, 3 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 15:00 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 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:40
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:17 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:08 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:17
- Karana Vanija until 16:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:40
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 23:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:22 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:52 Cancer
- 04:52 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 08:57 Virgo
- 08:57 – 11:04 Libra
- 11:04 – 13:15 Scorpio
- 13:15 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 18:58 Aquarius
- 18:58 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 22:25 Aries
- 22:25 – 00:28 next day Taurus
- 00:28 – 02:39 next day Gemini
- 02:39 – 04:48 next day Cancer
- 04:48 – 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