Madurai panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 12:44 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:41
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:00 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:29 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. 04:49 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 06:12 next day Scorpio
- 06:12 – 06:29 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