Madurai panchang, 23 March 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:17 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:22 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 13:54 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:02
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:16, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:22 – 11:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47 next day
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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:51 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:54 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:36 Pisces
- 07:36 – 09:26 Aries
- 09:26 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 15:48 Cancer
- 15:48 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 19:47 Virgo
- 19:47 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 04:05 next day Capricorn
- 04:05 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 06:20 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