Madurai panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 16:59 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:05
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:57 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:54 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 08:26
- Karana Vanija until 16:59, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:05
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) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:26 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 03:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 16:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:36 Scorpio
- 06:36 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 14:06 Pisces
- 14:06 – 15:56 Aries
- 15:56 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:27 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