Madurai panchang, 4 December 2023
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 23:58 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:35
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:53 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 22:00
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:46
- Karana Vishti until 08:42, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:27 – 21:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:55 – 21:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:35 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:46 – 22:58
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 00:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:08 Libra
- 05:08 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 14:48 Pisces
- 14:48 – 16:39 Aries
- 16:39 – 18:42 Taurus
- 18:42 – 20:53 Gemini
- 20:53 – 23:00 Cancer
- 23:00 – 01:01 next day Leo
- 01:01 – 03:00 next day Virgo
- 03:00 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 06:21 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