Madurai panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 01:14 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 17:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:00, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:32 – 22:28
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 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:53 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:03 Gemini
- 11:03 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:14 Libra
- 19:14 – 21:25 Scorpio
- 21:25 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 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