Madurai panchang, 8 March 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:40 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 16:57
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 21:58
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 00:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:42, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:58 – 08:09 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. 04:52 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 10:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 22:50 Libra
- 22:50 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:09 next day Sagittarius
- 03:09 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:28 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