Madurai panchang, 16 January 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 20:32 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta 10:31 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 13:54 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:55
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:16 Moon enters Leo
- 15:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:14 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:06 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:05 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:39, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:16 Moon enters Leo
- 15:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:31 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:39 – 04:06 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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Char | 11:00 – 12:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:27 – 13:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:54 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:12 next day Libra
- 02:12 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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