Madurai panchang, 5 July 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 17:39 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:57
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:13 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:41 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:04 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:04
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:13 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 09:20
- Karana Gara until 10:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:13 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:57
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. 04:31 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 08:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:22 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:41 Taurus
- 04:41 – 06:52 Gemini
- 06:52 – 08:59 Cancer
- 08:59 – 10:59 Leo
- 10:59 – 12:58 Virgo
- 12:58 – 15:03 Libra
- 15:03 – 17:13 Scorpio
- 17:13 – 19:21 Sagittarius
- 19:21 – 21:16 Capricorn
- 21:16 – 23:01 Aquarius
- 23:01 – 00:43 next day Pisces
- 00:43 – 02:33 next day Aries
- 02:33 – 04:37 next day Taurus
- 04:37 – 06:02 next day Gemini
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