Madurai panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:07 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:27
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:27 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:38 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:18 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 17:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:37, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:58 – 05:21 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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:18 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:54 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:37 Pisces
- 07:37 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:31 Taurus
- 11:31 – 13:42 Gemini
- 13:42 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 19:48 Virgo
- 19:48 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
- 05:50 – 06:20 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