Madurai panchang, 15 November 2023
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 07:48 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:29
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:51 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:00 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:07
- Karana Kaulava until 13:47, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:29
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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 13:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:00 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:23 Libra
- 06:23 – 08:33 Scorpio
- 08:33 – 10:41 Sagittarius
- 10:41 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 14:21 Aquarius
- 14:21 – 16:03 Pisces
- 16:03 – 17:53 Aries
- 17:53 – 19:57 Taurus
- 19:57 – 22:08 Gemini
- 22:08 – 00:15 next day Cancer
- 00:15 – 02:15 next day Leo
- 02:15 – 04:14 next day Virgo
- 04:14 – 06:13 next day Libra
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