Madurai panchang, 31 May 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 12:18 Jyeshtha 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 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:59 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:59
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 13:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:59 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:12 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:06 – 21:18
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) 11:50 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 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
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:09 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 – 04:55 Aries
- 04:55 – 06:58 Taurus
- 06:58 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:17 Cancer
- 11:17 – 13:17 Leo
- 13:17 – 15:16 Virgo
- 15:16 – 17:20 Libra
- 17:20 – 19:31 Scorpio
- 19:31 – 21:39 Sagittarius
- 21:39 – 23:34 Capricorn
- 23:34 – 01:18 next day Aquarius
- 01:18 – 03:01 next day Pisces
- 03:01 – 04:51 next day Aries
- 04:51 – 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