Chennai panchang, 3 October 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:12 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 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:26
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:56 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:33
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:45
- Karana Vanija until 06:58, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:26
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:45 – 23:45
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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 09:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 09:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 18:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:57 Leo
- 04:57 – 06:59 Virgo
- 06:59 – 09:06 Libra
- 09:06 – 11:17 Scorpio
- 11:17 – 13:25 Sagittarius
- 13:25 – 15:18 Capricorn
- 15:18 – 17:00 Aquarius
- 17:00 – 18:39 Pisces
- 18:39 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:41 next day Gemini
- 00:41 – 02:50 next day Cancer
- 02:50 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 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