Madurai panchang, 17 January 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 08:22 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:54
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:15 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:45
- Karana Taitila until 13:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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) 07:45 – 07:56 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 20:07
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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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