Madurai panchang, 31 March 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 23:37 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:27
- 09:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:52
- Karana Gara until 09:27, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:45 – 21:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 22:56
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. 04:41 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 07:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:56 – 06:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:56 – 06:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:56 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:53 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:52 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:47 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:22 Aquarius
- 05:22 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 10:58 Taurus
- 10:58 – 13:09 Gemini
- 13:09 – 15:16 Cancer
- 15:16 – 17:17 Leo
- 17:17 – 19:16 Virgo
- 19:16 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:31 Scorpio
- 23:31 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:34 next day Capricorn
- 03:34 – 05:18 next day Aquarius
- 05:18 – 06:15 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