Madurai panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 11:18 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:41
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:59 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:41
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- 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 17:59 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 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