Madurai panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 00:08 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:27
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:27 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 05:41 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:10, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:27
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. 04:34 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 09:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:39 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:14 Leo
- 16:14 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:07 next day Aries
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