Madurai panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 07:21 Ashwin 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 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:41
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:13 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:41
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:00 Libra
- 10:00 – 12:11 Scorpio
- 12:11 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 19:40 Pisces
- 19:40 – 21:31 Aries
- 21:31 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:45 next day Gemini
- 01:45 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 05:53 next day Leo
- 05:53 – 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