Madurai panchang, 24 February 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 18:28 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:28
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:26 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:00
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:20 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:33
- Karana Bava until 18:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:20 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 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. 04:58 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Char | 12:30 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:30 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:26 Pisces
- 09:26 – 11:16 Aries
- 11:16 – 13:20 Taurus
- 13:20 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:38 Leo
- 19:38 – 21:37 Virgo
- 21:37 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 06:34 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