Madurai panchang, 28 January 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 23:45 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:33 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:00
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:19 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:32 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:58
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:33 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 18:58
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. 05:02 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 00:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:30 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:49 Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 07:44 Capricorn
- 07:44 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 11:11 Pisces
- 11:11 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:16 Gemini
- 17:16 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 21:24 Leo
- 21:24 – 23:22 Virgo
- 23:22 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:45 next day Sagittarius
- 05:45 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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