Madurai panchang, 6 December 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 21:59 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:35
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:54 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 13:21
- Karana Kaulava until 16:21, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:35
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:57 Libra
- 04:57 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 14:38 Pisces
- 14:38 – 16:28 Aries
- 16:28 – 18:31 Taurus
- 18:31 – 20:42 Gemini
- 20:42 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 00:50 next day Leo
- 00:50 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 06:23 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