Madurai panchang, 31 July 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 02:06 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:57
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:39 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 15:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:13
- Karana Balava until 15:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:13 – 17:49
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. 04:36 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 10:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:12 – 06:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:56 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:09 Gemini
- 05:09 – 07:17 Cancer
- 07:17 – 09:17 Leo
- 09:17 – 11:16 Virgo
- 11:16 – 13:20 Libra
- 13:20 – 15:31 Scorpio
- 15:31 – 17:39 Sagittarius
- 17:39 – 19:34 Capricorn
- 19:34 – 21:18 Aquarius
- 21:18 – 23:01 Pisces
- 23:01 – 00:51 next day Aries
- 00:51 – 02:55 next day Taurus
- 02:55 – 05:05 next day Gemini
- 05:05 – 06:08 next day Cancer
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