Madurai panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 01:37 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:44
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:03 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:44
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 06:32 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