Chennai panchang, 8 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 18:46 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 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:47
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:14 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:12
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:02 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:30
- Karana Balava until 10:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:30 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:20 – 05:44 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:33 Cancer
- 04:33 – 06:36 Leo
- 06:36 – 08:37 Virgo
- 08:37 – 10:44 Libra
- 10:44 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 15:03 Sagittarius
- 15:03 – 16:56 Capricorn
- 16:56 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 20:18 Pisces
- 20:18 – 22:06 Aries
- 22:06 – 00:08 next day Taurus
- 00:08 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:29 next day Cancer
- 04:29 – 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