Chennai panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 15:55 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 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:56
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:09 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 19:26
- Karana Balava until 17:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:56
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:26 – 21:50
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 17:55 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 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 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:53 Leo
- 04:53 – 06:55 Virgo
- 06:55 – 09:02 Libra
- 09:02 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:14 Capricorn
- 15:14 – 16:56 Aquarius
- 16:56 – 18:35 Pisces
- 18:35 – 20:23 Aries
- 20:23 – 22:26 Taurus
- 22:26 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 04:49 next day Leo
- 04:49 – 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