Madurai panchang, 4 February 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 12:13 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 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:54
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:22 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 17:06
- Karana Bava until 12:47, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:48 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:54
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) 12:08 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:39 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 – 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
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:37 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)
- 05:02 – 05:22 Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 07:18 Capricorn
- 07:18 – 09:02 Aquarius
- 09:02 – 10:45 Pisces
- 10:45 – 12:35 Aries
- 12:35 – 14:38 Taurus
- 14:38 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 18:57 Cancer
- 18:57 – 20:57 Leo
- 20:57 – 22:56 Virgo
- 22:56 – 01:00 next day Libra
- 01:00 – 03:11 next day Scorpio
- 03:11 – 05:19 next day Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 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