Madurai panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 21:13 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:49
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:49
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. 04:34 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:07 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:07 next day Aries
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