Madurai panchang, 21 March 2029
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:22 Chaitra (adhika) month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:55
- 10:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 00:15 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:55
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. 04:46 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 06:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 06:21 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:02 Aquarius
- 06:02 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:35 Aries
- 09:35 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:14 next day Capricorn
- 04:14 – 05:58 next day Aquarius
- 05:58 – 06:21 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