Madurai panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 15:52 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:21
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:27 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:23, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 06:23 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:04 – 06:05 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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:50 Gemini
- 11:50 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:42 next day Pisces
- 05:42 – 06:05 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