Madurai panchang, 30 January 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 08:52 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 12:30 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:20
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:15 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:01 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 17:12
- Karana Vanija until 18:00, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:17 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:00 – 22:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:17 – 07:15 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 – 12:54
- 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 06:40 – 05:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:30 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:39 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)
- 05:02 – 05:42 Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 07:37 Capricorn
- 07:37 – 09:22 Aquarius
- 09:22 – 11:04 Pisces
- 11:04 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:58 Taurus
- 14:58 – 17:09 Gemini
- 17:09 – 19:16 Cancer
- 19:16 – 21:17 Leo
- 21:17 – 23:16 Virgo
- 23:16 – 01:20 next day Libra
- 01:20 – 03:31 next day Scorpio
- 03:31 – 05:38 next day Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 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