Madurai panchang, 29 November 2023
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 19:42 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:32
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:52 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:57
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:54
- Karana Gara until 13:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:54 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:32
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. 04:39 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 13:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 13:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:27 Libra
- 05:27 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:46 Sagittarius
- 09:46 – 11:41 Capricorn
- 11:41 – 13:26 Aquarius
- 13:26 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 16:58 Aries
- 16:58 – 19:02 Taurus
- 19:02 – 21:13 Gemini
- 21:13 – 23:20 Cancer
- 23:20 – 01:20 next day Leo
- 01:20 – 03:19 next day Virgo
- 03:19 – 05:24 next day Libra
- 05:24 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
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