Madurai panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 18:26 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:44
Night
18:03 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:44
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 06:33 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