Madurai panchang, 5 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 00:47 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:03 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:42
- 06:46 Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:01 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:08 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 23:46
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48
- Karana Taitila until 11:01, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:42
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:03 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 06:36 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