Madurai panchang, 17 October 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 05:01 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 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:29
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:05 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:58 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 09:38
- Karana Shakuni until 12:05, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 12:05 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:05 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39 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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 21:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:09 Virgo
- 06:09 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:24 Scorpio
- 10:24 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:27 Capricorn
- 14:27 – 16:12 Aquarius
- 16:12 – 17:54 Pisces
- 17:54 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 21:48 Taurus
- 21:48 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 02:06 next day Cancer
- 02:06 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 06:05 next day Virgo
- 06:05 – 06:07 next day Libra
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