Madurai panchang, 24 March 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 02:01 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:52 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:54 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:01
- 10:24 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:05 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:26 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 16:44
- Karana Vanija until 17:28, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:24 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:01
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 22:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:29 – 06:01 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 – 05:32
- 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 04:26 – 06:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:52 | Good |
| Rog | 10:52 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Char | 13:54 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:52 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 07:33 Pisces
- 07:33 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 17:45 Leo
- 17:45 – 19:44 Virgo
- 19:44 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 04:02 next day Capricorn
- 04:02 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:19 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