Madurai panchang, 18 November 2023
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 10:48 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:56
- 07:00 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:51 to 06:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:06 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:00 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:00 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 00:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:06 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:11 Libra
- 06:11 – 08:21 Scorpio
- 08:21 – 10:29 Sagittarius
- 10:29 – 12:24 Capricorn
- 12:24 – 14:09 Aquarius
- 14:09 – 15:51 Pisces
- 15:51 – 17:42 Aries
- 17:42 – 19:45 Taurus
- 19:45 – 21:56 Gemini
- 21:56 – 00:03 next day Cancer
- 00:03 – 02:04 next day Leo
- 02:04 – 04:02 next day Virgo
- 04:02 – 06:07 next day Libra
- 06:07 – 06:14 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