Madurai panchang, 28 October 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 19:53 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:29
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:54 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:07 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:18
- Karana Vanija until 14:37, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:53 – 07:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 13:53 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. 04:30 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 13:26
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 13:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:26 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:08 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:28 Virgo
- 05:28 – 07:32 Libra
- 07:32 – 09:43 Scorpio
- 09:43 – 11:51 Sagittarius
- 11:51 – 13:46 Capricorn
- 13:46 – 15:30 Aquarius
- 15:30 – 17:13 Pisces
- 17:13 – 19:03 Aries
- 19:03 – 21:07 Taurus
- 21:07 – 23:18 Gemini
- 23:18 – 01:25 next day Cancer
- 01:25 – 03:25 next day Leo
- 03:25 – 05:24 next day Virgo
- 05:24 – 06:08 next day Libra
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