Madurai panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:13 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:54
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:14
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:15
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:15 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:54
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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 13:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:52 Aquarius
- 05:52 – 07:35 Pisces
- 07:35 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:29 Taurus
- 11:29 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 15:47 Cancer
- 15:47 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:48 next day Aquarius
- 05:48 – 06:20 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