Madurai panchang, 30 December 2023
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 21:04 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:12
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:05 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:42 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:44
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:42 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:55 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:42 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:12
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- 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 18:05 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:44 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:17 next day Virgo
- 01:17 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 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