Madurai panchang, 14 February 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 10:04 Magha 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 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 14:00
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:24 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:43 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 19:58
- Karana Balava until 12:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:00
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 10:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 06:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:22 – 23:20
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. 05:00 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:43 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:38 Capricorn
- 06:38 – 08:23 Aquarius
- 08:23 – 10:05 Pisces
- 10:05 – 11:56 Aries
- 11:56 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:10 Gemini
- 16:10 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 20:18 Leo
- 20:18 – 22:16 Virgo
- 22:16 – 00:21 next day Libra
- 00:21 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:34 next day Capricorn
- 06:34 – 06:38 next day Aquarius
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