Madurai panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 08:40 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:31
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:57 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:31
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) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:59 Taurus
- 17:59 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:27 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