Madurai panchang, 5 December 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 09:52 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:21 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:35
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:54 to 06:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:27
- Karana Vishti until 12:49, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:35
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:05 – 00:08 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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 17:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:49 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:21 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:01 Libra
- 05:01 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 14:41 Pisces
- 14:41 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:35 Taurus
- 18:35 – 20:46 Gemini
- 20:46 – 22:53 Cancer
- 22:53 – 00:54 next day Leo
- 00:54 – 02:53 next day Virgo
- 02:53 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 06:22 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