Madurai panchang, 3 April 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 12:42 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:52 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:00
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:10
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:00
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:00 – 06:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:00 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Char | 13:52 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:13 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:53 Pisces
- 06:53 – 08:43 Aries
- 08:43 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 12:57 Gemini
- 12:57 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:08 Libra
- 21:08 – 23:19 Scorpio
- 23:19 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:22 next day Capricorn
- 03:22 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:13 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