Madurai panchang, 24 December 2023
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 15:43 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:02
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:02 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:55 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 07:17
- Karana Kaulava until 18:07, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:02
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- 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 18:02 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:19 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 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