Madurai panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 00:44 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:58
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:27 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:00
- Karana Balava until 07:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 06:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 14:15
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 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 06:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:15 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:37 Taurus
- 09:37 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 06:04 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