Madurai panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 13:03 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:50
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:10 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 20:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:26, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:29 – 06:38 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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 04:58 Scorpio
- 04:58 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 10:45 Aquarius
- 10:45 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:38 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