Madurai panchang, 20 August 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 03:13 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 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:53
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:32 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:59
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:27 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:13
- Karana Taitila until 13:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:35 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 16:14 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 13:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 12:03 Libra
- 12:03 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:21 Sagittarius
- 16:21 – 18:16 Capricorn
- 18:16 – 20:01 Aquarius
- 20:01 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:48 next day Gemini
- 03:48 – 05:55 next day Cancer
- 05:55 – 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