Madurai panchang, 11 December 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 14:21 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 14:28, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 05:05 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 11:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:48 – 06:25 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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 11:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:09 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:23 Gemini
- 20:23 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:25 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