Madurai panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:27 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:27
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:27 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 00:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:27
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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 11:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:48 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:05 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