Madurai panchang, 24 December 2027
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 03:13 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:35
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:02 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:08
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:50 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:17
- Karana Kaulava until 11:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:35
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 06:31 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