Madurai panchang, 9 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 21:09 Shravana month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:56
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:36 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:16
- Karana Bava until 09:43, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:56
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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:41 Cancer
- 06:41 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 10:41 Virgo
- 10:41 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 14:56 Scorpio
- 14:56 – 17:03 Sagittarius
- 17:03 – 18:59 Capricorn
- 18:59 – 20:43 Aquarius
- 20:43 – 22:25 Pisces
- 22:25 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:19 next day Taurus
- 02:19 – 04:30 next day Gemini
- 04:30 – 06:09 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