Madurai panchang, 2 April 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:42 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:27
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:32
- Karana Vanija until 13:22, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:32 – 23:56
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. 04:40 – 05:27
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:52 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:14 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 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:57 Pisces
- 06:57 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:14 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