Chennai panchang, 12 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 21:52 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 18:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:39
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:30 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:11 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 09:59
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:43
- Karana Taitila until 09:59, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:30 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:39
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) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:59 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:58 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:11 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:39 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:59 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)
- 04:24 – 06:20 Leo
- 06:20 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 10:28 Libra
- 10:28 – 12:40 Scorpio
- 12:40 – 14:47 Sagittarius
- 14:47 – 16:40 Capricorn
- 16:40 – 18:22 Aquarius
- 18:22 – 20:02 Pisces
- 20:02 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:04 next day Gemini
- 02:04 – 04:13 next day Cancer
- 04:13 – 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