Madurai panchang, 2 May 2027
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 02:44 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:28
- 07:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:40 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 18:29
- Karana Bava until 07:28, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:29 – 17:39 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. 04:28 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:40 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:55 Taurus
- 08:55 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:17 Libra
- 19:17 – 21:28 Scorpio
- 21:28 – 23:35 Sagittarius
- 23:35 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:00 next day Aries
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