Madurai panchang, 20 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 05:46 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 18:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:31
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:23 Moon enters Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:31 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:23 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:07 next day
- Karana Naga until 16:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:23 Moon enters Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 15:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:31
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 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:53 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:53 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:09 next day | Good |
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 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:12 Scorpio
- 14:12 – 16:20 Sagittarius
- 16:20 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:36 next day Taurus
- 01:36 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 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