Madurai panchang, 29 December 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 07:38 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:45
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:04 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:18
- Karana Balava until 16:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:18 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:45
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
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