Madurai panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:08 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 13:51 – 15:23
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:27 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:19
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 06:14
- Karana Taitila until 10:19, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:23 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:28 – 23:19
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. 04:38 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:51 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:41 Pisces
- 06:41 – 08:31 Aries
- 08:31 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:45 Gemini
- 12:45 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 18:52 Virgo
- 18:52 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:12 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