Madurai panchang, 24 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 09:38 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 18:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:52 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:01
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:29 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:02 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:09
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 09:13
- Karana Bava until 12:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:02 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:01
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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:29 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 23:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:15 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:52 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:29 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:52 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:42 Cancer
- 05:42 – 07:43 Leo
- 07:43 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 13:57 Scorpio
- 13:57 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 18:00 Capricorn
- 18:00 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 05:39 next day Cancer
- 05:39 – 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