Madurai panchang, 3 March 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:27 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:27
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:27 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:45
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 17:24
- Karana Bava until 08:45, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:24 – 18:36
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 15:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:55 – 06:31 next day
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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:59 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:59 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:54 Pisces
- 08:54 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:48 Taurus
- 12:48 – 14:59 Gemini
- 14:59 – 17:06 Cancer
- 17:06 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 23:10 Libra
- 23:10 – 01:21 next day Scorpio
- 01:21 – 03:28 next day Sagittarius
- 03:28 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:31 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