Madurai panchang, 26 December 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 02:23 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:45
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:03 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:23
- Karana Bava until 11:40, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:45
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Char | 10:51 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:52 Capricorn
- 09:52 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 06:33 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