Madurai panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 12:07 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:49
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:08 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:49
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:36 next day
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:31 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 06:36 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