Madurai panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 07:24 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:45
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:12 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 14:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:45
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. 04:59 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:18 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:32 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:25 – 13:52 | Good |
| Rog | 13:52 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:52 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:25 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:39 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