Madurai panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 09:37 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:05
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:58 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:02
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:05
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- 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 17:58 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:55 Taurus
- 17:55 – 20:06 Gemini
- 20:06 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 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