Madurai panchang, 2 January 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 23:19 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 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:40
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:07 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:11
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:32 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:11, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:11 – 18:28
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) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:42 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:35 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 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