Madurai panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 23:27 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:08
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:01 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 18:22
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:21 – 01:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:08
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 06:30 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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
- 06:05 – 06:30 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