Madurai panchang, 17 November 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 06:46 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:24
- 16:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:25
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:48 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:25, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:02 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:46 – 06:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:02 – 06:14 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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:13 – 16:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:13 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:12 Libra
- 06:12 – 08:23 Scorpio
- 08:23 – 10:30 Sagittarius
- 10:30 – 12:25 Capricorn
- 12:25 – 14:10 Aquarius
- 14:10 – 15:52 Pisces
- 15:52 – 17:43 Aries
- 17:43 – 19:46 Taurus
- 19:46 – 21:57 Gemini
- 21:57 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 02:05 next day Leo
- 02:05 – 04:04 next day Virgo
- 04:04 – 06:08 next day Libra
- 06:08 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
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