Madurai panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 16:36 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:50 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:44
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:02 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 04:21 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:48, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:44
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) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 21:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:39 – 06:32 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:39 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:50 | Good |
| Rog | 10:50 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:32 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