Madurai panchang, 28 January 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 07:40 Magha 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 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:52
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:19 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:20
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:22 – 15:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:52
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. 05:02 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:30 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 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
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:39 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)
- 05:02 – 05:50 Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 09:30 Aquarius
- 09:30 – 11:12 Pisces
- 11:12 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 15:06 Taurus
- 15:06 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 23:23 Virgo
- 23:23 – 01:28 next day Libra
- 01:28 – 03:38 next day Scorpio
- 03:38 – 05:46 next day Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 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