Chennai panchang, 16 November 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 02:51 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:11 – 17:38
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:38 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:11 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:46
- Karana Kaulava until 15:40, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:38
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. 04:28 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 02:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 02:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:35 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:13 Libra
- 06:13 – 08:24 Scorpio
- 08:24 – 10:32 Sagittarius
- 10:32 – 12:25 Capricorn
- 12:25 – 14:07 Aquarius
- 14:07 – 15:46 Pisces
- 15:46 – 17:34 Aries
- 17:34 – 19:37 Taurus
- 19:37 – 21:48 Gemini
- 21:48 – 23:57 Cancer
- 23:57 – 02:00 next day Leo
- 02:00 – 04:02 next day Virgo
- 04:02 – 06:09 next day Libra
- 06:09 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
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