Madurai panchang, 1 January 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 22:36 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:28 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:36 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:35 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:35 next day Sagittarius
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