Madurai panchang, 13 September 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 00:29 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 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:44
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:18 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:14 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:25, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:14 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:08 – 01:14 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:44
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. 04:33 – 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) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 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
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:09 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)
- 04:33 – 06:24 Leo
- 06:24 – 08:23 Virgo
- 08:23 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:38 Scorpio
- 12:38 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:41 Capricorn
- 16:41 – 18:25 Aquarius
- 18:25 – 20:08 Pisces
- 20:08 – 21:58 Aries
- 21:58 – 00:02 next day Taurus
- 00:02 – 02:13 next day Gemini
- 02:13 – 04:20 next day Cancer
- 04:20 – 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