Madurai panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:52 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:58 – 15:28
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:25 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:54
- Karana Vishti until 14:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:28
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:31 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:10 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Char | 12:29 – 13:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:58 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:28 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:24 Capricorn
- 05:24 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:51 Pisces
- 08:51 – 10:41 Aries
- 10:41 – 12:44 Taurus
- 12:44 – 14:55 Gemini
- 14:55 – 17:03 Cancer
- 17:03 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:17 next day Scorpio
- 01:17 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
- 05:20 – 06:30 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