Madurai panchang, 13 December 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 16:01 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:31
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:19 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:57 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:40
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 11:53
- Karana Kaulava until 09:03, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:19 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:31
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- 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 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:50 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 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