Madurai panchang, 4 May 2028
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 14:23 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:28 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:13
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:43
- Karana Gara until 14:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:54 – 06:33 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:02 – 05:59 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. 04:27 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 01:02 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 14:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:51 Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 10:56 Gemini
- 10:56 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:03 Leo
- 15:03 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 21:17 Scorpio
- 21:17 – 23:25 Sagittarius
- 23:25 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 05:59 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