Madurai panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 12:27 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:00 – 15:28
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:25 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 13:43
- Karana Bava until 08:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 12:38 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:28
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 – 05:48
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:16 – 06:37 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:46 – 06:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 06:37 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:46 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 14:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:25 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:27 Capricorn
- 06:27 – 08:11 Aquarius
- 08:11 – 09:53 Pisces
- 09:53 – 11:44 Aries
- 11:44 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 15:58 Gemini
- 15:58 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 20:06 Leo
- 20:06 – 22:05 Virgo
- 22:05 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:20 next day Scorpio
- 02:20 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 06:23 next day Capricorn
- 06:23 – 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