Madurai panchang, 5 February 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 11:50 Magha 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 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 13:59
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:22 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:36 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 20:33
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) 12:08 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:33 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:33 – 06:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:33 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 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
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:37 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 – 05:16 Sagittarius
- 05:16 – 07:11 Capricorn
- 07:11 – 08:55 Aquarius
- 08:55 – 10:38 Pisces
- 10:38 – 12:28 Aries
- 12:28 – 14:31 Taurus
- 14:31 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 18:50 Cancer
- 18:50 – 20:50 Leo
- 20:50 – 22:49 Virgo
- 22:49 – 00:53 next day Libra
- 00:53 – 03:04 next day Scorpio
- 03:04 – 05:12 next day Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 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