Madurai panchang, 9 March 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 05:32 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 13:57 – 15:27
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:09 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:27 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:18
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 20:32
- Karana Vishti until 08:09, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:09 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:58 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:27
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 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:51
- 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 06:28 – 18:18
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:58 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Char | 12:28 – 13:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:57 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:57 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:27 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:04 Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:48 Aquarius
- 06:48 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 10:21 Aries
- 10:21 – 12:25 Taurus
- 12:25 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:46 Libra
- 22:46 – 00:57 next day Scorpio
- 00:57 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 05:00 next day Capricorn
- 05:00 – 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