Madurai panchang, 20 November 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 09:40 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:32
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:51 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:07
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 19:08
- Karana Vishti until 13:07, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:34 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:08 – 21:32
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 21:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:19 – 06:15 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:40 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:36 – 06:15 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. 04:35 – 05:25
- 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 17:51 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:00 Libra
- 06:00 – 08:11 Scorpio
- 08:11 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 12:14 Capricorn
- 12:14 – 13:58 Aquarius
- 13:58 – 15:40 Pisces
- 15:40 – 17:31 Aries
- 17:31 – 19:34 Taurus
- 19:34 – 21:45 Gemini
- 21:45 – 23:53 Cancer
- 23:53 – 01:53 next day Leo
- 01:53 – 03:52 next day Virgo
- 03:52 – 05:56 next day Libra
- 05:56 – 06:15 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