Madurai panchang, 2 December 2023
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 22:23 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:00
- 17:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:14
- Nakshatra Pushya until 18:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 20:18
- Karana Taitila until 17:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:00
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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:54 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:20 next day | Good |
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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:16 Libra
- 05:16 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:34 Sagittarius
- 09:34 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 13:14 Aquarius
- 13:14 – 14:56 Pisces
- 14:56 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 18:50 Taurus
- 18:50 – 21:01 Gemini
- 21:01 – 23:08 Cancer
- 23:08 – 01:09 next day Leo
- 01:09 – 03:07 next day Virgo
- 03:07 – 05:12 next day Libra
- 05:12 – 06:20 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