Madurai panchang, 13 January 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 08:20 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 13:52 – 15:19
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:12 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 10:13
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:22 – 02:39 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. 04:59 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:39 – 12:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Char | 12:25 – 13:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:52 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:49 Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 02:27 next day Libra
- 02:27 – 04:37 next day Scorpio
- 04:37 – 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