Madurai panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 08:38 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 18:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:26 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:49
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:07 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:08 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 14:57
- Karana Taitila until 13:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:26 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:57 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:49
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 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 18:07 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:10 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:36 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 06:36 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