Madurai panchang, 12 July 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 22:33 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:57
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:57 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:42 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:15
- Karana Taitila until 08:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 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. 04:33 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:42 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:24 Gemini
- 06:24 – 08:32 Cancer
- 08:32 – 10:32 Leo
- 10:32 – 12:31 Virgo
- 12:31 – 14:35 Libra
- 14:35 – 16:46 Scorpio
- 16:46 – 18:53 Sagittarius
- 18:53 – 20:49 Capricorn
- 20:49 – 22:33 Aquarius
- 22:33 – 00:15 next day Pisces
- 00:15 – 02:06 next day Aries
- 02:06 – 04:09 next day Taurus
- 04:09 – 06:04 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