Madurai panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 14:55 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:09
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:01 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Vishti until 07:12, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:09
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:50 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:00 next day Scorpio
- 06:00 – 06:31 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