Madurai panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 14:40 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:51
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:14
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:51
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:14 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:25 – 21:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:41 – 04:58 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. 04:39 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:44
- 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 06:13 – 21:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:51 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 14:57 Cancer
- 14:57 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 21:00 Libra
- 21:00 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:12 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