Madurai panchang, 6 September 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 19:46 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:47
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:22 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:09
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:49 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 04:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:09, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:49 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:12 – 05:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:19 – 12:26 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:49 – 06:08 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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:08 – 10:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:51 Cancer
- 04:51 – 06:52 Leo
- 06:52 – 08:51 Virgo
- 08:51 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:06 Scorpio
- 13:06 – 15:13 Sagittarius
- 15:13 – 17:09 Capricorn
- 17:09 – 18:53 Aquarius
- 18:53 – 20:35 Pisces
- 20:35 – 22:26 Aries
- 22:26 – 00:29 next day Taurus
- 00:29 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 04:47 next day Cancer
- 04:47 – 06:08 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