Madurai panchang, 20 September 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 20:10 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 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:43
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:13 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:18
- Karana Vanija until 10:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:18 – 18:54
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 02:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:00 Libra
- 10:00 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 19:40 Pisces
- 19:40 – 21:31 Aries
- 21:31 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:45 next day Gemini
- 01:45 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 05:53 next day Leo
- 05:53 – 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