Madurai panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 12:08 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 12:25 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:27
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:27 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:05
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:27
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. 04:48 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:47 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:25 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:25 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 16:11 Cancer
- 16:11 – 18:12 Leo
- 18:12 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:33 next day Sagittarius
- 02:33 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 06:13 next day Aquarius
- 06:13 – 06:23 next day Pisces
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