Madurai panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 13:04 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:02
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:27 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:36
- Karana Balava until 10:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:02
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 – 05:35
- 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 18:10 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:25 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:55 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:22 next day Scorpio
- 00:22 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:25 next day Capricorn
- 04:25 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 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