Madurai panchang, 13 March 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:46 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:03
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:27 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:24
- Karana Vanija until 10:03, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:54 Moon enters Libra
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:03 – 08:39 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:26 – 22:55
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. 04:50 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:26 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:26 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 06:25 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