Madurai panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:05 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:27
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:58
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:45 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:48
- Karana Gara until 16:58, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:27
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. 04:49 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:24 – 11:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 11:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:25 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 11:58 Taurus
- 11:58 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 22:20 Libra
- 22:20 – 00:31 next day Scorpio
- 00:31 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:18 next day Aquarius
- 06:18 – 06:24 next day Pisces
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