Madurai panchang, 17 July 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 01:15 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:10
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 16:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:49 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:10
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. 04:34 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Char | 13:58 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:05 Gemini
- 06:05 – 08:12 Cancer
- 08:12 – 10:12 Leo
- 10:12 – 12:11 Virgo
- 12:11 – 14:15 Libra
- 14:15 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:34 Sagittarius
- 18:34 – 20:29 Capricorn
- 20:29 – 22:13 Aquarius
- 22:13 – 23:56 Pisces
- 23:56 – 01:46 next day Aries
- 01:46 – 03:50 next day Taurus
- 03:50 – 06:01 next day Gemini
- 06:01 – 06:05 next day Cancer
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