Madurai panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:09 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:28
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:55 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:28
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:52 Libra
- 04:52 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:50 Aquarius
- 12:50 – 14:33 Pisces
- 14:33 – 16:23 Aries
- 16:23 – 18:26 Taurus
- 18:26 – 20:37 Gemini
- 20:37 – 22:45 Cancer
- 22:45 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 06:23 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