Madurai panchang, 3 December 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 19:08 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 17:53
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:53 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:11
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 07:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 17:53
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:21 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 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:09 Libra
- 05:09 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 14:49 Pisces
- 14:49 – 16:40 Aries
- 16:40 – 18:43 Taurus
- 18:43 – 20:54 Gemini
- 20:54 – 23:01 Cancer
- 23:01 – 01:02 next day Leo
- 01:02 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 05:05 next day Libra
- 05:05 – 06:21 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