Madurai panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 22:04 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 13:54 – 15:21
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:15 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:16 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:51 – 06:40 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 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:07 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Char | 12:27 – 13:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:54 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 10:06 Aquarius
- 10:06 – 11:48 Pisces
- 11:48 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:42 Taurus
- 15:42 – 17:53 Gemini
- 17:53 – 20:00 Cancer
- 20:00 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:15 next day Scorpio
- 04:15 – 06:22 next day Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 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