Madurai panchang, 13 December 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 03:29 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:38
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:57 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:56
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:21
- Karana Taitila until 12:56, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:38
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 12:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:26 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