Madurai panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 22:27 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 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:27 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:14
- 06:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:14 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:27
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:48
- Karana Kaulava until 06:45, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:14
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:48 – 01:12 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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 11:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:00 – 12:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:27 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:53 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:53 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:37 Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:59 Pisces
- 11:59 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:11 Cancer
- 20:11 – 22:12 Leo
- 22:12 – 00:11 next day Virgo
- 00:11 – 02:15 next day Libra
- 02:15 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:33 next day Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 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