Madurai panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:01
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:01 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:00
- Karana Bava until 14:32, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:01
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) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:31 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 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:31 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