Madurai panchang, 29 March 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 08:08 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:53
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:58
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:58, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:39 – 04:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:53
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 00:51 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. 04:42 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 00:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:51 – 06:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:51 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 07:12 Pisces
- 07:12 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 11:06 Taurus
- 11:06 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 15:24 Cancer
- 15:24 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:46 next day Sagittarius
- 01:46 – 03:42 next day Capricorn
- 03:42 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:16 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