Madurai panchang, 21 January 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 14:31 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 12:28 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:16
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:16 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:27
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:52 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 09:46
- Karana Vanija until 07:24, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:16
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. 05:01 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:28 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:55 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:55 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 09:57 Aquarius
- 09:57 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:44 Gemini
- 17:44 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 01:55 next day Libra
- 01:55 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:13 next day Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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