Madurai panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 00:10 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:50 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:43
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:02 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:08
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:54
- Karana Kaulava until 17:08, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:43
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- 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 18:02 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:50 | Good |
| Rog | 10:50 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 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