Madurai panchang, 7 May 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 14:34 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:47
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:28 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:20
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:17 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:20, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:22 – 00:57 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. 04:27 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 18:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:40 Pisces
- 04:40 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:34 Taurus
- 08:34 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 16:51 Virgo
- 16:51 – 18:55 Libra
- 18:55 – 21:06 Scorpio
- 21:06 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 04:36 next day Pisces
- 04:36 – 05:59 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