Madurai panchang, 23 April 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:42 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:27
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:42 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:27 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:21 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:23
- Karana Vishti until 11:42, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:42 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:06 – 10:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:56 – 11:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 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. 04:31 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:27 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:46 Cancer
- 13:46 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:00 Scorpio
- 22:00 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 06:03 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