Madurai panchang, 12 December 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 05:35 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:30
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 05:02 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:47, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:51 – 20:51
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:25 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 16:07 Aries
- 16:07 – 18:11 Taurus
- 18:11 – 20:22 Gemini
- 20:22 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:28 next day Virgo
- 02:28 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 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