Chennai panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 05:24 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 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:04
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:58 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:04 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:24 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 19:52
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:47, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:04
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:44 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:39 – 01:49 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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:32 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:58 next day | Good |
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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:44 Leo
- 05:44 – 07:46 Virgo
- 07:46 – 09:53 Libra
- 09:53 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 16:05 Capricorn
- 16:05 – 17:47 Aquarius
- 17:47 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:15 Aries
- 21:15 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:28 next day Gemini
- 01:28 – 03:38 next day Cancer
- 03:38 – 05:41 next day Leo
- 05:41 – 05:58 next day Virgo
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