Madurai panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 10:17 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 18:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:07
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:07 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:42
- Karana Balava until 13:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:42 – 12:33 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:07
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) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:22 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:07 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 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 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:25 Scorpio
- 05:25 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 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