Madurai panchang, 20 May 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 15:58 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:00
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:34 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:59
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:46 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:09
- Karana Balava until 15:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:34 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:09 – 12:35 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:56 – 05:46 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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:31 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:38 Aries
- 05:38 – 07:42 Taurus
- 07:42 – 09:52 Gemini
- 09:52 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 15:59 Virgo
- 15:59 – 18:03 Libra
- 18:03 – 20:14 Scorpio
- 20:14 – 22:22 Sagittarius
- 22:22 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:44 next day Pisces
- 03:44 – 05:34 next day Aries
- 05:34 – 05:56 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