Madurai panchang, 6 October 2027
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 11:36 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:35
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:13 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:28 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:38
- Karana Gara until 15:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:35
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 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 04:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:06 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:57 Leo
- 04:57 – 06:56 Virgo
- 06:56 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 15:13 Capricorn
- 15:13 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:31 Aries
- 20:31 – 22:34 Taurus
- 22:34 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 02:52 next day Cancer
- 02:52 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 06:06 next day Virgo
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