Madurai panchang, 18 September 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 05:24 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:49
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:15 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:53
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:53
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:51, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:36 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:27 – 20:16
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. 04:32 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:05 Leo
- 06:05 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:08 Libra
- 10:08 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:21 Capricorn
- 16:21 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:48 Pisces
- 19:48 – 21:39 Aries
- 21:39 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:53 next day Gemini
- 01:53 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 06:01 next day Leo
- 06:01 – 06:07 next day Virgo
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