Madurai panchang, 9 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:55 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:02
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:55 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:36
- Karana Balava until 06:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:36 – 02:00 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 10:43
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 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:43 – 06:24 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:50 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:48 Libra
- 04:48 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:29 Pisces
- 14:29 – 16:19 Aries
- 16:19 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:33 Gemini
- 20:33 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:24 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