Madurai panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 13:26 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:42
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:00 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:42
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 06:30 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