Madurai panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 03:45 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 18:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 16:59
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:32 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:38
- Karana Gara until 12:26, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 09:07 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:00 – 09:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:18 – 06:09 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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:32 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 15:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:54 | Good |
| Rog | 13:54 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:05 Virgo
- 10:05 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:20 Scorpio
- 14:20 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:23 Capricorn
- 18:23 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:44 next day Taurus
- 01:44 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 06:09 next day Leo
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