Madurai panchang, 31 December 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 06:51 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:20 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:39
- 15:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:59
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:42, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:59 – 22:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:03 – 06:35 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. 04:55 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:20 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:06 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:29 Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:25 next day Scorpio
- 05:25 – 06:35 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