Madurai panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:36 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:11 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:16 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:54
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:31
- Karana Gara until 13:37, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:11 – 06:06 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:49 – 06:05 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. 04:33 – 05:19
- 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 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:39 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Char | 09:11 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:16 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:38 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:23 next day Capricorn
- 02:23 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:50 next day Pisces
- 05:50 – 06:06 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