Madurai panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 13:53 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:31 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 13:51 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:52
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:11 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 12:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:29
- Karana Gara until 12:23, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:42 – 17:40
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 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 18:11 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 12:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:31 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Char | 10:58 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:51 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:58 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:02 Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:14 Aries
- 14:14 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 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