Madurai panchang, 18 March 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 00:35 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 13:56 – 15:26
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:30
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:45
- Karana Kaulava until 17:30, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 21:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:26
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. 04:48 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:30 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Char | 12:25 – 13:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:56 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:56 Pisces
- 07:56 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:22 next day Scorpio
- 00:22 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:25 next day Capricorn
- 04:25 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 06:23 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