Chennai panchang, 22 September 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 06:10 Ashwin 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:39
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:04 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:24 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 19:58
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:07, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:39
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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 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
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:41 Leo
- 05:41 – 07:42 Virgo
- 07:42 – 09:49 Libra
- 09:49 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:08 Sagittarius
- 14:08 – 16:01 Capricorn
- 16:01 – 17:43 Aquarius
- 17:43 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 21:11 Aries
- 21:11 – 23:13 Taurus
- 23:13 – 01:24 next day Gemini
- 01:24 – 03:34 next day Cancer
- 03:34 – 05:37 next day Leo
- 05:37 – 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