Madurai panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:33 Shravana month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:54 – 15:27
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:33 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:35
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:38 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:21
- Karana Balava until 10:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 08:04 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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:35 – 06:09 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:38 – 06:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:54 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 20:16 Aquarius
- 20:16 – 21:59 Pisces
- 21:59 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:53 next day Taurus
- 01:53 – 04:04 next day Gemini
- 04:04 – 06:09 next day Cancer
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