Madurai panchang, 24 February 2027
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 21:34 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 13:59
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:26 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:30 Moon enters Libra
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:40
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 00:27 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:09, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:30 Moon enters Libra
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:59
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. 04:57 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 09:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:58 Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:19 Taurus
- 13:19 – 15:30 Gemini
- 15:30 – 17:37 Cancer
- 17:37 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:36 Virgo
- 21:36 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:54 next day Capricorn
- 05:54 – 06:34 next day Aquarius
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