Madurai panchang, 29 January 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 06:28 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 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 13:58
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:20 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:54, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:21 – 18:33 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. 05:02 – 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) 12:07 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 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
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:39 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)
- 05:02 – 05:43 Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 07:38 Capricorn
- 07:38 – 09:23 Aquarius
- 09:23 – 11:05 Pisces
- 11:05 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:59 Taurus
- 14:59 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:18 Leo
- 21:18 – 23:16 Virgo
- 23:16 – 01:21 next day Libra
- 01:21 – 03:31 next day Scorpio
- 03:31 – 05:39 next day Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 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