Madurai panchang, 2 December 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 18:12 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:00
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:53 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 20:26
- Karana Bava until 07:10, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:00
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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:23
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:20 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:20 next day | Good |
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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:13 Libra
- 05:13 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:26 Capricorn
- 11:26 – 13:11 Aquarius
- 13:11 – 14:53 Pisces
- 14:53 – 16:44 Aries
- 16:44 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 20:58 Gemini
- 20:58 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 01:06 next day Leo
- 01:06 – 03:05 next day Virgo
- 03:05 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 06:20 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