Madurai panchang, 9 October 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 11:18 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:34
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:02 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:14
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:15 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:36
- Karana Taitila until 12:14, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:52 – 08:16 next day
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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:14 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:42 Leo
- 04:42 – 06:41 Virgo
- 06:41 – 08:45 Libra
- 08:45 – 10:56 Scorpio
- 10:56 – 13:03 Sagittarius
- 13:03 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 02:38 next day Cancer
- 02:38 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 06:06 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