Madurai panchang, 21 May 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 03:18 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:31
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:18 Moon enters Aries
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:19
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:19, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:18 Moon enters Aries
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:31
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) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:18 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:49 Gemini
- 09:49 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 15:55 Virgo
- 15:55 – 18:00 Libra
- 18:00 – 20:10 Scorpio
- 20:10 – 22:18 Sagittarius
- 22:18 – 00:13 next day Capricorn
- 00:13 – 01:58 next day Aquarius
- 01:58 – 03:40 next day Pisces
- 03:40 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 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