Madurai panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 14:23 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:59
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 00:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:32, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:59
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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 17:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:23 next day Capricorn
- 02:23 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:50 next day Pisces
- 05:50 – 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