Madurai panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 07:46 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:47
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:06
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:47
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:25 Scorpio
- 05:25 – 07:33 Sagittarius
- 07:33 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 06:35 next day Sagittarius
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