Madurai panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 00:42 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:34
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:54 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:34
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:00 Libra
- 05:00 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 11:14 Capricorn
- 11:14 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:40 Pisces
- 14:40 – 16:31 Aries
- 16:31 – 18:34 Taurus
- 18:34 – 20:45 Gemini
- 20:45 – 22:52 Cancer
- 22:52 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 02:52 next day Virgo
- 02:52 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 06:22 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