Madurai panchang, 4 October 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 18:25 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:35
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:05 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:03
- Karana Balava until 11:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:03 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:35
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 00:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:28 – 06:06 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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:04 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:02 Leo
- 05:02 – 07:00 Virgo
- 07:00 – 09:05 Libra
- 09:05 – 11:16 Scorpio
- 11:16 – 13:23 Sagittarius
- 13:23 – 15:18 Capricorn
- 15:18 – 17:03 Aquarius
- 17:03 – 18:45 Pisces
- 18:45 – 20:36 Aries
- 20:36 – 22:39 Taurus
- 22:39 – 00:50 next day Gemini
- 00:50 – 02:57 next day Cancer
- 02:57 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 06:06 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