Madurai panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 21:26 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:50
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:27 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:12
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 07:12 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:50
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. 04:35 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:22 Gemini
- 12:22 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 06:09 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