Madurai panchang, 18 April 2029
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 09:09 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:49
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:31
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:55 next day
- Karana Vishti until 11:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:55 – 08:19 next day
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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 13:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 13:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:41 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:48 Taurus
- 09:48 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:06 next day Aries
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