Madurai panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 21:25 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:25
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:25 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:31 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:05
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
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) 08:05 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:25
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:16 – 04:31 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 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:37 – 02:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 04:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:28 Capricorn
- 06:28 – 08:12 Aquarius
- 08:12 – 09:54 Pisces
- 09:54 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 13:48 Taurus
- 13:48 – 15:59 Gemini
- 15:59 – 18:06 Cancer
- 18:06 – 20:07 Leo
- 20:07 – 22:06 Virgo
- 22:06 – 00:10 next day Libra
- 00:10 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:24 next day Capricorn
- 06:24 – 06:37 next day Aquarius
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