Chennai panchang, 18 October 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 03:21 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:50
- 12:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:47 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:19
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:41 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 01:48 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:19, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:11 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:41 – 06:00 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:00 Virgo
- 06:00 – 08:07 Libra
- 08:07 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:26 Sagittarius
- 12:26 – 14:19 Capricorn
- 14:19 – 16:01 Aquarius
- 16:01 – 17:40 Pisces
- 17:40 – 19:28 Aries
- 19:28 – 21:31 Taurus
- 21:31 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 03:54 next day Leo
- 03:54 – 05:56 next day Virgo
- 05:56 – 06:00 next day Libra
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