Madurai panchang, 12 January 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:34 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 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:52
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:12 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:33
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:21 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:55
- Karana Bava until 09:33, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 17:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:55 – 19:07
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. 04:59 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:39 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