Madurai panchang, 1 May 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 00:22 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:48
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:01 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 16:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:10 – 06:00 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. 04:28 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 19:18 Libra
- 19:18 – 21:29 Scorpio
- 21:29 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:32 next day Capricorn
- 01:32 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 04:59 next day Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:00 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