Madurai panchang, 18 July 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 18:38 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:41
- 08:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:14 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:21
- Karana Vishti until 08:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:14 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:23 – 15:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:21 – 16:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:41
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. 04:34 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:18 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:40 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:04 Gemini
- 06:04 – 08:11 Cancer
- 08:11 – 10:11 Leo
- 10:11 – 12:10 Virgo
- 12:10 – 14:14 Libra
- 14:14 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:28 Capricorn
- 20:28 – 22:12 Aquarius
- 22:12 – 23:55 Pisces
- 23:55 – 01:45 next day Aries
- 01:45 – 03:49 next day Taurus
- 03:49 – 06:00 next day Gemini
- 06:00 – 06:05 next day Cancer
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