Chennai panchang, 20 October 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 04:53 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 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:25
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:45 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:46 to 06:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:34 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 15:45, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:45 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:04 – 02:34 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:34 – 03:46 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:16 – 06:01 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. 04:23 – 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 17:46 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 06:01 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:11 Capricorn
- 14:11 – 15:53 Aquarius
- 15:53 – 17:32 Pisces
- 17:32 – 19:20 Aries
- 19:20 – 21:23 Taurus
- 21:23 – 23:34 Gemini
- 23:34 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 03:47 next day Leo
- 03:47 – 05:48 next day Virgo
- 05:48 – 06:01 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