Madurai panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 06:56 Bhadrapada 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 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:48
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:23 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:02
- Karana Bava until 09:47, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:48
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. 04:35 – 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) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:47 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:59 Cancer
- 04:59 – 06:59 Leo
- 06:59 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:03 Libra
- 11:03 – 13:13 Scorpio
- 13:13 – 15:21 Sagittarius
- 15:21 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:43 Pisces
- 20:43 – 22:33 Aries
- 22:33 – 00:37 next day Taurus
- 00:37 – 02:48 next day Gemini
- 02:48 – 04:55 next day Cancer
- 04:55 – 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