Madurai panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 19:22 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:46
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:04 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 next day
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:04 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 06:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:33 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 03:30 next day Libra
- 03:30 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 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