Madurai panchang, 9 January 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 04:17 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 09:31 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 12:24 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:44
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:10 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:11 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:25
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:22 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:17, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:11 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:44
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 22:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:37 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Char | 09:31 – 10:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:57 – 12:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:24 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:17 – 16:44 | Good |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:10 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 04:53 next day Scorpio
- 04:53 – 06:38 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