Madurai panchang, 26 September 2029
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 20:35 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:39
- 18:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:10 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:20 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 04:40 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 04:56 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:02, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 18:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:56 – 06:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 04:40 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. 04:31 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:40 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:40 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:34 Leo
- 05:34 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:37 Libra
- 09:37 – 11:48 Scorpio
- 11:48 – 13:56 Sagittarius
- 13:56 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 17:35 Aquarius
- 17:35 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 23:12 Taurus
- 23:12 – 01:23 next day Gemini
- 01:23 – 03:30 next day Cancer
- 03:30 – 05:30 next day Leo
- 05:30 – 06:07 next day Virgo
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