Madurai panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 12:17 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:48
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:41
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:57 – 07:37
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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 08:01 Taurus
- 08:01 – 10:12 Gemini
- 10:12 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:20 Leo
- 14:20 – 16:19 Virgo
- 16:19 – 18:23 Libra
- 18:23 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:41 Sagittarius
- 22:41 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:21 next day Aquarius
- 02:21 – 04:03 next day Pisces
- 04:03 – 05:54 next day Aries
- 05:54 – 05:57 next day Taurus
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