Madurai panchang, 26 August 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 11:34 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 18:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:51 – 15:24
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:28 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:33
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 01:18 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:11, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:18 – 23:49 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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:51 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:35 Leo
- 07:35 – 09:34 Virgo
- 09:34 – 11:38 Libra
- 11:38 – 13:49 Scorpio
- 13:49 – 15:56 Sagittarius
- 15:56 – 17:52 Capricorn
- 17:52 – 19:36 Aquarius
- 19:36 – 21:19 Pisces
- 21:19 – 23:09 Aries
- 23:09 – 01:12 next day Taurus
- 01:12 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 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