Madurai panchang, 10 January 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 16:24 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:51 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:52
- 13:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:11 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:36
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 01:36 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:36, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:52
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 00:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 00:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:31 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Char | 13:51 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:58 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:38 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