Chennai panchang, 28 September 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 11:05 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:59
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:59 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:27
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:32 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:27, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 03:54 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) 11:35 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:54 – 05:59 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:54 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:17 Leo
- 05:17 – 07:19 Virgo
- 07:19 – 09:25 Libra
- 09:25 – 11:37 Scorpio
- 11:37 – 13:44 Sagittarius
- 13:44 – 15:37 Capricorn
- 15:37 – 17:19 Aquarius
- 17:19 – 18:59 Pisces
- 18:59 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 22:49 Taurus
- 22:49 – 01:01 next day Gemini
- 01:01 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:13 next day Leo
- 05:13 – 05:59 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