Madurai panchang, 20 October 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 08:04 Kartika 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 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:28
- 07:24 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:57 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:32
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:26
- Karana Taitila until 12:41, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:24 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:28
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) 11:38 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:58 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:58 Virgo
- 05:58 – 08:02 Libra
- 08:02 – 10:13 Scorpio
- 10:13 – 12:20 Sagittarius
- 12:20 – 14:16 Capricorn
- 14:16 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:42 Pisces
- 17:42 – 19:33 Aries
- 19:33 – 21:36 Taurus
- 21:36 – 23:47 Gemini
- 23:47 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 05:54 next day Virgo
- 05:54 – 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