Chennai panchang, 8 October 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 18:50 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 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:25
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 01:32 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:08, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:32 – 02:44 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 22:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:45 – 05:59 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:38 Leo
- 04:38 – 06:39 Virgo
- 06:39 – 08:46 Libra
- 08:46 – 10:58 Scorpio
- 10:58 – 13:05 Sagittarius
- 13:05 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 16:40 Aquarius
- 16:40 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 20:08 Aries
- 20:08 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:31 next day Cancer
- 02:31 – 04:34 next day Leo
- 04:34 – 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