Madurai panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 15:55 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 13:58
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:27 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:48
- Karana Bava until 07:02, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:48 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:58
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. 04:52 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 17:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:09 next day Sagittarius
- 03:09 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:28 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