Madurai panchang, 5 March 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:37 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:58
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:07
- Karana Taitila until 12:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:06 – 23:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:07 – 00:19 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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 01:08 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 01:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 01:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:51 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:08 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:21 Capricorn
- 05:21 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 10:38 Aries
- 10:38 – 12:41 Taurus
- 12:41 – 14:52 Gemini
- 14:52 – 17:00 Cancer
- 17:00 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:03 Libra
- 23:03 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:21 next day Sagittarius
- 03:21 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
- 05:17 – 06:30 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