Madurai panchang, 8 December 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 23:47 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:28
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 00:09 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:23
- Karana Vishti until 13:06, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:58 – 08:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:00 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:23 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:28
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 17:59
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 17:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:59 – 06:24 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:59 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:49 Libra
- 04:49 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:20 Aries
- 16:20 – 18:24 Taurus
- 18:24 – 20:34 Gemini
- 20:34 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 06:24 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