Madurai panchang, 4 December 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 08:59 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:34
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:54 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 13:56
- Karana Gara until 13:10, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:34
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:14 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 13:03 Aquarius
- 13:03 – 14:45 Pisces
- 14:45 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:50 Gemini
- 20:50 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 00:58 next day Leo
- 00:58 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
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