Madurai panchang, 29 December 2023
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 20:14 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:38
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:00
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:09 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:28 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:28 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 03:09 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 06:34 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) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 06:34 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