Madurai panchang, 10 May 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 20:08 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:47
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:29 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:21 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:21
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 16:56
- Karana Taitila until 10:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:04 – 06:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 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. 04:26 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 15:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 15:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 22:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:27 Pisces
- 04:27 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:21 Taurus
- 08:21 – 10:32 Gemini
- 10:32 – 12:39 Cancer
- 12:39 – 14:40 Leo
- 14:40 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:43 Libra
- 18:43 – 20:53 Scorpio
- 20:53 – 23:01 Sagittarius
- 23:01 – 00:56 next day Capricorn
- 00:56 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:23 next day Pisces
- 04:23 – 05:58 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