Madurai panchang, 11 December 2023
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 04:37 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:10
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:58
- Karana Vanija until 07:10, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:13 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:38 Aquarius
- 12:38 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 16:11 Aries
- 16:11 – 18:15 Taurus
- 18:15 – 20:25 Gemini
- 20:25 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:33 next day Leo
- 00:33 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:25 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