Madurai panchang, 16 March 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 23:40 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 13:56 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:02
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:12
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 22:39
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:39 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:02
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. 04:49 – 05:36
- 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 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:26 – 13:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:56 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:25 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:21 Aquarius
- 06:21 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 20:15 Virgo
- 20:15 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 06:17 next day Aquarius
- 06:17 – 06:24 next day Pisces
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