Madurai panchang, 27 March 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:06 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:53
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:53
- Karana Gara until 17:06, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:53
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. 04:43 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 17:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:20 Pisces
- 07:20 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:25 Gemini
- 13:25 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:32 Leo
- 17:32 – 19:31 Virgo
- 19:31 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 23:46 Scorpio
- 23:46 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 06:17 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