Madurai panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:27 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:52 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:00
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:10
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 20:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:25, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:29 – 07:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:12 – 06:15 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. 04:41 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:45
- 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 06:15 – 23:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Char | 13:52 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:52 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:18 Aquarius
- 05:18 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:12 Cancer
- 15:12 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:34 next day Sagittarius
- 01:34 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 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