Madurai panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 10:13 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:34 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:54
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:15
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:04 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:19 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:19 – 05:19 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. 04:28 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:15 – 06:00 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:04 – 06:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:04 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:34 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:12 Cancer
- 13:12 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:15 Libra
- 19:15 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:33 Sagittarius
- 23:33 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:00 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