Madurai panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 21:01 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:40
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
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