Madurai panchang, 5 March 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 12:50 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:28 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:27
- 08:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:27 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:55 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 17:54
- Karana Balava until 13:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:27
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 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:00 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:00 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:59 – 12:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:28 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:28 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:20 Capricorn
- 05:20 – 07:04 Aquarius
- 07:04 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 10:37 Aries
- 10:37 – 12:40 Taurus
- 12:40 – 14:51 Gemini
- 14:51 – 16:59 Cancer
- 16:59 – 18:59 Leo
- 18:59 – 20:58 Virgo
- 20:58 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:13 next day Scorpio
- 01:13 – 03:21 next day Sagittarius
- 03:21 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
- 05:16 – 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