Madurai panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 09:40 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:13
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 10:43
- Karana Vishti until 10:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:13
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 16:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:29 Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:25 next day Scorpio
- 05:25 – 06:35 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