Madurai panchang, 20 April 2029
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:56 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:54
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:27 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:30
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 04:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 16:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 13:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:46 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:05 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