Chennai panchang, 5 October 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 16:37 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:55
- 08:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:04
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:01 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:34
- Karana Taitila until 15:04, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:00 – 14:56
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 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:01 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 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)
- 04:22 – 04:49 Leo
- 04:49 – 06:51 Virgo
- 06:51 – 08:58 Libra
- 08:58 – 11:10 Scorpio
- 11:10 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 16:52 Aquarius
- 16:52 – 18:31 Pisces
- 18:31 – 20:19 Aries
- 20:19 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:33 next day Gemini
- 00:33 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 04:46 next day Leo
- 04:46 – 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