Madurai panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 02:44 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:29
- 11:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:58 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 13:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 01:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 13:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:44 – 15:54
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 11:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:57 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:57 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 08:15 Libra
- 08:15 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:33 Sagittarius
- 12:33 – 14:28 Capricorn
- 14:28 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 17:55 Pisces
- 17:55 – 19:45 Aries
- 19:45 – 21:49 Taurus
- 21:49 – 00:00 next day Gemini
- 00:00 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 06:06 next day Virgo
- 06:06 – 06:07 next day Libra
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