Madurai panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 00:35 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 16:55
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:27 to 06:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:09
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 18:35
- Karana Balava until 08:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:48 – 06:14 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. 04:40 – 05:27
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:52 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:46 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:30 next day Sagittarius
- 01:30 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:14 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