Madurai panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 23:35 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:30
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:56 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:15 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:59
- Karana Vishti until 13:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:30
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) 11:38 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 01:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:42 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 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
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:06 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)
- 04:29 – 05:46 Virgo
- 05:46 – 07:50 Libra
- 07:50 – 10:01 Scorpio
- 10:01 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 14:04 Capricorn
- 14:04 – 15:48 Aquarius
- 15:48 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 03:43 next day Leo
- 03:43 – 05:42 next day Virgo
- 05:42 – 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