Madurai panchang, 17 January 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 21:19 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 11:00 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:48
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:15 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:30 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:56 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:43, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:48
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 12:45
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 18:15 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:45 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:45 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:33 – 11:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:00 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:27 – 13:54 | Good |
| Rog | 13:54 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 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