Madurai panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 21:37 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:34
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:18 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 06:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 11:11
- Karana Kaulava until 15:18, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:11 – 21:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:34
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:29 – 05:51 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 06:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:50 – 02:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 05:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:54 Virgo
- 05:54 – 07:58 Libra
- 07:58 – 10:09 Scorpio
- 10:09 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:12 Capricorn
- 14:12 – 15:56 Aquarius
- 15:56 – 17:38 Pisces
- 17:38 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:32 Taurus
- 21:32 – 23:43 Gemini
- 23:43 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 05:50 next day Virgo
- 05:50 – 06:07 next day Libra
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