Madurai panchang, 7 January 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 02:23 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:09
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:09 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 04:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:50, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:09 – 08:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:09
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 22:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:09 – 22:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:08 – 06:37 next day
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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:05 Scorpio
- 05:05 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 02:50 next day Libra
- 02:50 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 06:37 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