Madurai panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 01:43 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 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:54
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:33 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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) 11:56 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 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
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:15 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 – 06:14 Cancer
- 06:14 – 08:14 Leo
- 08:14 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:36 Sagittarius
- 16:36 – 18:31 Capricorn
- 18:31 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:58 Pisces
- 21:58 – 23:48 Aries
- 23:48 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:03 next day Gemini
- 04:03 – 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