Madurai panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 10:30 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 17:58
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:58 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:46, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 17:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:28 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 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:51 Taurus
- 17:51 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
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