Madurai panchang, 18 July 2029
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 11:55 Ashadha 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 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:58
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:19 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:53
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:39 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 08:14
- Karana Vanija until 08:53, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:25 Moon enters Libra
- 19:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:19 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 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. 04:34 – 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) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 08:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:39 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:02 Gemini
- 06:02 – 08:09 Cancer
- 08:09 – 10:09 Leo
- 10:09 – 12:08 Virgo
- 12:08 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:23 Scorpio
- 16:23 – 18:31 Sagittarius
- 18:31 – 20:26 Capricorn
- 20:26 – 22:10 Aquarius
- 22:10 – 23:53 Pisces
- 23:53 – 01:43 next day Aries
- 01:43 – 03:47 next day Taurus
- 03:47 – 05:58 next day Gemini
- 05:58 – 06:05 next day Cancer
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