Madurai panchang, 20 February 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:26 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:04
- 06:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:26 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:33
- Karana Bava until 09:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:33 – 15:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:04
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 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 13:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:30 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:31 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:12 Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:56 Aquarius
- 07:56 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 11:29 Aries
- 11:29 – 13:32 Taurus
- 13:32 – 15:43 Gemini
- 15:43 – 17:51 Cancer
- 17:51 – 19:51 Leo
- 19:51 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:05 next day Scorpio
- 02:05 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 06:08 next day Capricorn
- 06:08 – 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