Madurai panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 06:45 Bhadrapada 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:53 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:03
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:31 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:29
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 20:55
- Karana Bava until 12:29, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:03
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) 11:55 – 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
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Char | 13:53 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:53 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 09:53 Virgo
- 09:53 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 19:56 Aquarius
- 19:56 – 21:38 Pisces
- 21:38 – 23:29 Aries
- 23:29 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:43 next day Gemini
- 03:43 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 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