Madurai panchang, 23 August 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 21:32 Shravana month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:57
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 09:31
- Karana Balava until 10:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:31 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:05 – 21:59
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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:54 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:52 | Good |
| Rog | 13:52 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 09:45 Virgo
- 09:45 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:01 Scorpio
- 14:01 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:48 Aquarius
- 19:48 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:24 next day Taurus
- 01:24 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 06:09 next day Leo
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