Madurai panchang, 3 May 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 02:02 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:54
- 12:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:24
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:06 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 14:18
- Karana Vanija until 12:41, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:41 – 23:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
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 23:24 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 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