Madurai panchang, 15 January 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 21:33 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 13:53 – 15:20
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:13 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:10 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:20
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. 05:00 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:39 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Char | 12:26 – 13:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:53 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:19 next day Libra
- 02:19 – 04:30 next day Scorpio
- 04:30 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 06:39 next day Capricorn
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