Madurai panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 18:36 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:42
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:15 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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. 04:32 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:08 Libra
- 10:08 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:21 Capricorn
- 16:21 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:48 Pisces
- 19:48 – 21:38 Aries
- 21:38 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:53 next day Gemini
- 01:53 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 06:00 next day Leo
- 06:00 – 06:07 next day Virgo
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