Madurai panchang, 16 May 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 00:12 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:13 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:56
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:27 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 15:35
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 02:01 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:01 – 05:57 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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:30 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:13 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:57 Taurus
- 07:57 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:16 Leo
- 14:16 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 18:19 Libra
- 18:19 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:38 Sagittarius
- 22:38 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:17 next day Aquarius
- 02:17 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:50 next day Aries
- 05:50 – 05:57 next day Taurus
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