Madurai panchang, 9 December 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:55 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:24 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:02
- 11:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:55 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 02:42 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:24 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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:05 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:24 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:50 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:45 Libra
- 04:45 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:16 Aries
- 16:16 – 18:20 Taurus
- 18:20 – 20:31 Gemini
- 20:31 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 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