Madurai panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 04:14 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 18:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:53 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:03
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:31 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:45
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:08 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:14
- Karana Vanija until 12:45, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:45 – 00:17 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:03
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) 11:55 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 00:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 00:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:53 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:58 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:58 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:53 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 07:56 Leo
- 07:56 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 11:59 Libra
- 11:59 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 18:12 Capricorn
- 18:12 – 19:57 Aquarius
- 19:57 – 21:39 Pisces
- 21:39 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 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