Madurai panchang, 17 January 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 23:21 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:54 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:55
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:14 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:12
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:52
- Karana Vanija until 15:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 06:40 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) 12:04 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Char | 13:54 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 11:55 Pisces
- 11:55 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:07 next day Virgo
- 00:07 – 02:11 next day Libra
- 02:11 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 06:40 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