Madurai panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 01:09 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam 13:55 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 15:57
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:16 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:22 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 13:55
- Karana Gara until 12:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:18
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:55 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 15:57
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. 05:01 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:04 – 06:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:28 – 13:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:55 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:21 Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 10:01 Aquarius
- 10:01 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 01:59 next day Libra
- 01:59 – 04:10 next day Scorpio
- 04:10 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 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