Madurai panchang, 23 January 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 03:53 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 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:17
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:18 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:17 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:23
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:11
- Karana Taitila until 14:23, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:18 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:11 – 15:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:17
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 09:18
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:18 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:18 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 11:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:02 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:26 Taurus
- 15:26 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:43 Virgo
- 23:43 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 03:58 next day Scorpio
- 03:58 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 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