Madurai panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 03:18 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 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:51
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:10 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 02:55 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 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) 04:52 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:51
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 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:01 Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 12:31 Pisces
- 12:31 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 04:57 next day Scorpio
- 04:57 – 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