Madurai panchang, 20 March 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 23:18 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:22 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 13:55 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:02
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:27 to 06:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:45 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:31 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 13:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:02
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. 04:47 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 23:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:31 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:22 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Char | 10:54 – 12:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:25 – 13:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:55 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:06 Aquarius
- 06:06 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:01 Leo
- 18:01 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:04 Libra
- 22:04 – 00:15 next day Scorpio
- 00:15 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:18 next day Capricorn
- 04:18 – 06:02 next day Aquarius
- 06:02 – 06:22 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