Madurai panchang, 21 January 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 02:04 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:49
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:16 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:34 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 12:54
- Karana Vishti until 12:17, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:49
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 12:17 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 09:57 Aquarius
- 09:57 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:44 Gemini
- 17:44 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 01:55 next day Libra
- 01:55 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:14 next day Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 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