Madurai panchang, 18 February 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 13:20 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:25
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:25 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:54 Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Rohini until 09:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:16, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:54 Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:25
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 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 11:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:02 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:23 Capricorn
- 06:23 – 08:07 Aquarius
- 08:07 – 09:49 Pisces
- 09:49 – 11:40 Aries
- 11:40 – 13:43 Taurus
- 13:43 – 15:54 Gemini
- 15:54 – 18:02 Cancer
- 18:02 – 20:02 Leo
- 20:02 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:23 next day Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
- 06:19 – 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