Madurai panchang, 26 June 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 22:43 Jyeshtha 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 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:55
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:40 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:05 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:13
- Karana Kaulava until 10:03, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:00 – 13:05
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. 04:29 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:16 Taurus
- 05:16 – 07:27 Gemini
- 07:27 – 09:34 Cancer
- 09:34 – 11:35 Leo
- 11:35 – 13:34 Virgo
- 13:34 – 15:38 Libra
- 15:38 – 17:49 Scorpio
- 17:49 – 19:56 Sagittarius
- 19:56 – 21:52 Capricorn
- 21:52 – 23:36 Aquarius
- 23:36 – 01:18 next day Pisces
- 01:18 – 03:09 next day Aries
- 03:09 – 05:12 next day Taurus
- 05:12 – 06:00 next day Gemini
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