Madurai panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 10:10 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:15
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:08 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:08
- Karana Bava until 10:51, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:15
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:23 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:14 Scorpio
- 05:14 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:17 Capricorn
- 09:17 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 22:56 Leo
- 22:56 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:10 next day Scorpio
- 05:10 – 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