Madurai panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 10:53 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 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:09
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:09 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:32
- Karana Kaulava until 09:09, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:09
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:50 – 15:27 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. 04:57 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:18 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:37 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 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:10 Scorpio
- 05:10 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 06:37 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