Madurai panchang, 21 July 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 05:02 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:07
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:41 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:20 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 01:34 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 11:18, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:20 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:34 – 02:46 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:49 – 06:06 next day
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. 04:35 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:49 Gemini
- 05:49 – 07:56 Cancer
- 07:56 – 09:56 Leo
- 09:56 – 11:55 Virgo
- 11:55 – 14:00 Libra
- 14:00 – 16:10 Scorpio
- 16:10 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 20:13 Capricorn
- 20:13 – 21:58 Aquarius
- 21:58 – 23:40 Pisces
- 23:40 – 01:30 next day Aries
- 01:30 – 03:34 next day Taurus
- 03:34 – 05:45 next day Gemini
- 05:45 – 06:06 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