Madurai panchang, 22 January 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 00:15 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 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:56
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:18 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:17 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:18
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 04:37 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:18, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:49 – 05:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:37 – 07:01 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:55 – 03:11 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. 05:01 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:11 Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 08:06 Capricorn
- 08:06 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:26 Taurus
- 15:26 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 21:45 Leo
- 21:45 – 23:44 Virgo
- 23:44 – 01:48 next day Libra
- 01:48 – 03:59 next day Scorpio
- 03:59 – 06:07 next day Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 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