Madurai panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:54 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:27
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:20 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:27 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:55
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 20:33
- Karana Vanija until 09:55, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:55 – 14:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:46 – 01:02 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. 04:45 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 07:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:33 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:54 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:49 Aquarius
- 05:49 – 07:32 Pisces
- 07:32 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:37 Gemini
- 13:37 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:43 Virgo
- 19:43 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
- 05:45 – 06:19 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