Madurai panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 11:37 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 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 16:56
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:25 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 15:17
- Karana Vanija until 08:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:56
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 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 18:25 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:37 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
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:35 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)
- 05:00 – 06:30 Capricorn
- 06:30 – 08:15 Aquarius
- 08:15 – 09:57 Pisces
- 09:57 – 11:48 Aries
- 11:48 – 13:51 Taurus
- 13:51 – 16:02 Gemini
- 16:02 – 18:09 Cancer
- 18:09 – 20:10 Leo
- 20:10 – 22:09 Virgo
- 22:09 – 00:13 next day Libra
- 00:13 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:31 next day Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 06:27 next day Capricorn
- 06:27 – 06:37 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