Madurai panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 18:00 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 17:58
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:58 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 02:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 17:58
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- 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 17:58 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:31 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:07 Gemini
- 20:07 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 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