Madurai panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:51 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:59
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:12
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:05 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:08
- Karana Vanija until 12:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:38 – 00:43 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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:05 Pisces
- 06:05 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:18 Leo
- 16:18 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:32 Scorpio
- 22:32 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 06:01 next day Pisces
- 06:01 – 06:07 next day Aries
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