Madurai panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 02:46 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 13:58
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:31
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:32
- Karana Vishti until 06:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:08 – 11:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:58
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. 04:53 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:14 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:43 Pisces
- 08:43 – 10:33 Aries
- 10:33 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:47 Gemini
- 14:47 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 20:54 Virgo
- 20:54 – 22:58 Libra
- 22:58 – 01:09 next day Scorpio
- 01:09 – 03:17 next day Sagittarius
- 03:17 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:29 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