Madurai panchang, 23 January 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 12:12 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 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 09:35 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 12:29 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 16:50
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:18 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:57
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 11:26
- Karana Bava until 13:57, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:53 – 16:08
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. 05:01 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:40 – 09:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 09:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 13:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:56 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:07 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Char | 09:35 – 11:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:02 – 12:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:29 – 13:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:56 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:08 – 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 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:07 Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 08:02 Capricorn
- 08:02 – 09:46 Aquarius
- 09:46 – 11:29 Pisces
- 11:29 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:23 Taurus
- 15:23 – 17:34 Gemini
- 17:34 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 03:55 next day Scorpio
- 03:55 – 06:03 next day Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 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