Madurai panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:53 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:56
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:27 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:57 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:40 – 20:55
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. 04:45 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:54 | Good |
| Rog | 13:54 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:49 Aquarius
- 05:49 – 07:32 Pisces
- 07:32 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:37 Gemini
- 13:37 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:43 Virgo
- 19:43 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:19 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