Madurai panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 17:08 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 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:31
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:59 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:17 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:09
- Karana Gara until 10:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:09 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:41 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:17 – 06:06 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. 04:29 – 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) 11:39 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 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
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:05 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)
- 04:29 – 06:13 Virgo
- 06:13 – 08:18 Libra
- 08:18 – 10:28 Scorpio
- 10:28 – 12:36 Sagittarius
- 12:36 – 14:31 Capricorn
- 14:31 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:48 Aries
- 19:48 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 00:03 next day Gemini
- 00:03 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 04:10 next day Leo
- 04:10 – 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