Chennai panchang, 16 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 00:51 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 18:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:37
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 00:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 11:44 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) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 08:06 Virgo
- 08:06 – 10:12 Libra
- 10:12 – 12:24 Scorpio
- 12:24 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:25 Capricorn
- 16:25 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:46 Pisces
- 19:46 – 21:34 Aries
- 21:34 – 23:36 Taurus
- 23:36 – 01:48 next day Gemini
- 01:48 – 03:57 next day Cancer
- 03:57 – 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