Madurai panchang, 24 May 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 05:36 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 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:48
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:40
- Karana Naga until 13:46, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
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 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:32 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 14:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 14:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:47 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:22 Aries
- 05:22 – 07:26 Taurus
- 07:26 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:44 Cancer
- 11:44 – 13:45 Leo
- 13:45 – 15:43 Virgo
- 15:43 – 17:48 Libra
- 17:48 – 19:58 Scorpio
- 19:58 – 22:06 Sagittarius
- 22:06 – 00:01 next day Capricorn
- 00:01 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 03:28 next day Pisces
- 03:28 – 05:19 next day Aries
- 05:19 – 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