Madurai panchang, 16 October 2029
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 13:55 Ashwin 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 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:30
- 07:11 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:59 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:11
- Karana Taitila until 16:56, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:11 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:11 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:22 – 06:06 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:52 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:47 – 06:06 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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 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 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:14 Virgo
- 06:14 – 08:19 Libra
- 08:19 – 10:29 Scorpio
- 10:29 – 12:37 Sagittarius
- 12:37 – 14:32 Capricorn
- 14:32 – 16:17 Aquarius
- 16:17 – 17:59 Pisces
- 17:59 – 19:49 Aries
- 19:49 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:11 next day Cancer
- 02:11 – 04:11 next day Leo
- 04:11 – 06:06 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