Madurai panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 00:02 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:26 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:49
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:08 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:26 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:49
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:17 Scorpio
- 05:17 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 05:13 next day Scorpio
- 05:13 – 06:36 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