Madurai panchang, 27 December 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 03:11 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:37
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:56 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:04 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:27 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:37
- Karana Kaulava until 13:40, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:37 – 00:37 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. 04:53 – 05:43
- 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 18:04 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 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