Madurai panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 13:28 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:47
- 16:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:41
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:49 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:50
- Karana Kaulava until 16:41, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:47
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. 04:28 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:00 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