Madurai panchang, 8 September 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 21:06 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 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:49
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:14 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:30
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:09 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 05:14 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:09 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:14 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 08:50 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 21:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:44 Cancer
- 04:44 – 06:44 Leo
- 06:44 – 08:43 Virgo
- 08:43 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:05 Sagittarius
- 15:05 – 17:01 Capricorn
- 17:01 – 18:45 Aquarius
- 18:45 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:21 next day Taurus
- 00:21 – 02:32 next day Gemini
- 02:32 – 04:40 next day Cancer
- 04:40 – 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