Madurai panchang, 18 May 2028
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 01:26 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 18:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:00
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:53 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:32
- Karana Gara until 07:56, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:32 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:12 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:32 – 18:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:06 – 01:12 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:12 – 10:11 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 18:31 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:56 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:00 Gemini
- 10:00 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 16:07 Virgo
- 16:07 – 18:11 Libra
- 18:11 – 20:22 Scorpio
- 20:22 – 22:30 Sagittarius
- 22:30 – 00:25 next day Capricorn
- 00:25 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 03:52 next day Pisces
- 03:52 – 05:42 next day Aries
- 05:42 – 05:56 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