Madurai panchang, 14 December 2023
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 07:39 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:26 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:39
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:57 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 13:24
- Karana Balava until 14:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:39
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:26 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 14:09 Pisces
- 14:09 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 18:03 Taurus
- 18:03 – 20:14 Gemini
- 20:14 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:26 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