Madurai panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 01:10 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 13:54 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:04
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Char | 13:54 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:07 Cancer
- 06:07 – 08:07 Leo
- 08:07 – 10:06 Virgo
- 10:06 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:21 Scorpio
- 14:21 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:41 Aries
- 23:41 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 06:03 next day Cancer
- 06:03 – 06:09 next day Leo
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