Madurai panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 17:02 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:50
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:16 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:41
- Karana Taitila until 15:10, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:50
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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:12 Leo
- 06:12 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:34 Sagittarius
- 14:34 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 18:14 Aquarius
- 18:14 – 19:56 Pisces
- 19:56 – 21:46 Aries
- 21:46 – 23:50 Taurus
- 23:50 – 02:01 next day Gemini
- 02:01 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 06:08 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