Madurai panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 12:53 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:55 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:03
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:05 – 22:02 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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:56 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:45 Libra
- 04:45 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:16 Aries
- 16:16 – 18:19 Taurus
- 18:19 – 20:30 Gemini
- 20:30 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 06:24 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