Madurai panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 08:40 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 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:52
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:30 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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) 11:55 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 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
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:14 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 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:01 Scorpio
- 14:01 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 18:04 Capricorn
- 18:04 – 19:48 Aquarius
- 19:48 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:24 next day Taurus
- 01:24 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 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