Madurai panchang, 21 February 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 03:31 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:04
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:26 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:08 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:00
- Karana Kaulava until 18:55, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:00 – 17:49 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:53 – 06:35 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. 04:58 – 05:47
- 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 18:26 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:35 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 07:55 Aquarius
- 07:55 – 09:38 Pisces
- 09:38 – 11:28 Aries
- 11:28 – 13:32 Taurus
- 13:32 – 15:43 Gemini
- 15:43 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 19:50 Leo
- 19:50 – 21:49 Virgo
- 21:49 – 23:53 Libra
- 23:53 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 06:07 next day Capricorn
- 06:07 – 06:35 next day Aquarius
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