Madurai panchang, 12 December 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 15:09 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 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:38
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:57 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 15:22
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:38
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 09:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:47 Capricorn
- 10:47 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 18:08 Taurus
- 18:08 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:26 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