Madurai panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 13:43 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:56
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:53
- Karana Kaulava until 06:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:47 – 08:11 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. 04:49 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:56 Taurus
- 11:56 – 14:07 Gemini
- 14:07 – 16:14 Cancer
- 16:14 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:18 Libra
- 22:18 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:24 next day Pisces
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