Madurai panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 13:35 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:49
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:48 Aries
- 07:48 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:54 next day Pisces
- 05:54 – 06:06 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