Madurai panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 23:00 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:54
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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) 00:50 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:06 – 08:21
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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:48 Taurus
- 09:48 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:06 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