Madurai panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 21:23 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 13:59
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:26 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 04:56 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 09:10 Pisces
- 09:10 – 11:00 Aries
- 11:00 – 13:04 Taurus
- 13:04 – 15:15 Gemini
- 15:15 – 17:22 Cancer
- 17:22 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 21:21 Virgo
- 21:21 – 23:26 Libra
- 23:26 – 01:36 next day Scorpio
- 01:36 – 03:44 next day Sagittarius
- 03:44 – 05:39 next day Capricorn
- 05:39 – 06:33 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