Madurai panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 06:52 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:48
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:27 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:56 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:04
- Karana Balava until 13:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:48
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 06:56
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. 04:30 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:03 – 01:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 06:02 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:16 Taurus
- 09:16 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:35 Leo
- 15:35 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:38 Libra
- 19:38 – 21:49 Scorpio
- 21:49 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:18 next day Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:02 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