Madurai panchang, 24 January 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 12:57 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:56
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:18 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:43
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 11:42
- Karana Kaulava until 15:43, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:56
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 12:15
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:15 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:15 – 06:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:15 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:39 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)
- 05:01 – 06:03 Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 07:58 Capricorn
- 07:58 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:19 Taurus
- 15:19 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:37 Cancer
- 19:37 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 01:41 next day Libra
- 01:41 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 05:59 next day Sagittarius
- 05:59 – 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