Madurai panchang, 1 April 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:44 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:52 – 15:24
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:25 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:27 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:13
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:30
- Karana Taitila until 14:13, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:24
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. 04:41 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:52 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:18 Aquarius
- 05:18 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:34 next day Sagittarius
- 01:34 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 05:14 next day Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:15 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