Madurai panchang, 3 December 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 10:26 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:26
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:53 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:17 – 07:53 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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 05:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 13:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:13 – 06:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:12 Libra
- 05:12 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 14:52 Pisces
- 14:52 – 16:43 Aries
- 16:43 – 18:46 Taurus
- 18:46 – 20:57 Gemini
- 20:57 – 23:04 Cancer
- 23:04 – 01:05 next day Leo
- 01:05 – 03:04 next day Virgo
- 03:04 – 05:08 next day Libra
- 05:08 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
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