Madurai panchang, 28 November 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 21:56 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 14:58
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:52 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:18
- Karana Balava until 06:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:22 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:05 – 22:01
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. 04:38 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 06:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:18 next day | Good |
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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:31 Libra
- 05:31 – 07:41 Scorpio
- 07:41 – 09:49 Sagittarius
- 09:49 – 11:44 Capricorn
- 11:44 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 15:11 Pisces
- 15:11 – 17:01 Aries
- 17:01 – 19:05 Taurus
- 19:05 – 21:16 Gemini
- 21:16 – 23:23 Cancer
- 23:23 – 01:23 next day Leo
- 01:23 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 05:27 next day Libra
- 05:27 – 06:18 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