Madurai panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 06:01 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:31
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:58 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:06 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)
- 04:29 – 06:05 Virgo
- 06:05 – 08:10 Libra
- 08:10 – 10:20 Scorpio
- 10:20 – 12:28 Sagittarius
- 12:28 – 14:23 Capricorn
- 14:23 – 16:08 Aquarius
- 16:08 – 17:50 Pisces
- 17:50 – 19:41 Aries
- 19:41 – 21:44 Taurus
- 21:44 – 23:55 Gemini
- 23:55 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 06:01 next day Virgo
- 06:01 – 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