Madurai panchang, 31 January 2029
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 19:32 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 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 13:58
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:01 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:21 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:49
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:13
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:01 Moon enters Leo
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:58
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. 05:02 – 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) 12:07 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:49 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 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
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:34 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)
- 05:02 – 05:35 Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 07:31 Capricorn
- 07:31 – 09:15 Aquarius
- 09:15 – 10:57 Pisces
- 10:57 – 12:48 Aries
- 12:48 – 14:51 Taurus
- 14:51 – 17:02 Gemini
- 17:02 – 19:09 Cancer
- 19:09 – 21:10 Leo
- 21:10 – 23:09 Virgo
- 23:09 – 01:13 next day Libra
- 01:13 – 03:24 next day Scorpio
- 03:24 – 05:31 next day Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 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