Madurai panchang, 18 February 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 22:55 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 09:34 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 12:31 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:25 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:32 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 09:51
- Karana Gara until 18:14, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
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. 04:59 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:35 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:37 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Char | 09:34 – 11:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:02 – 12:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:31 – 14:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:00 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:25 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 08:04 Aquarius
- 08:04 – 09:47 Pisces
- 09:47 – 11:37 Aries
- 11:37 – 13:40 Taurus
- 13:40 – 15:51 Gemini
- 15:51 – 17:59 Cancer
- 17:59 – 19:59 Leo
- 19:59 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 00:02 next day Libra
- 00:02 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 06:36 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