Madurai panchang, 22 March 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 16:26 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:53 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:56
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:18 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:34
- Karana Kaulava until 18:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:34 – 20:34
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 04:27 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. 04:46 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:27 – 06:20 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 06:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:53 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:54 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:30 Aries
- 09:30 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:44 Gemini
- 13:44 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 19:51 Virgo
- 19:51 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 06:20 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