Chennai panchang, 5 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 16:38 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 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:44
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:16 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:13 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:52
- Karana Kaulava until 15:46, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:52 – 16:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:44
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) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 23:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:38 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 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
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:01 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 – 04:44 Cancer
- 04:44 – 06:47 Leo
- 06:47 – 08:49 Virgo
- 08:49 – 10:56 Libra
- 10:56 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 18:50 Aquarius
- 18:50 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:20 next day Taurus
- 00:20 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 04:41 next day Cancer
- 04:41 – 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