Madurai panchang, 29 January 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 08:16 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 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:57 – 15:25
- 15:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:20 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 16:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:23, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:18 – 04:45 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. 05:02 – 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 18:20 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:02 – 06:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:43 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Char | 12:30 – 13:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:57 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:57 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:46 Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 07:41 Capricorn
- 07:41 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 11:08 Pisces
- 11:08 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:20 Cancer
- 19:20 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:19 Virgo
- 23:19 – 01:24 next day Libra
- 01:24 – 03:35 next day Scorpio
- 03:35 – 05:42 next day Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 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