Madurai panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 06:30 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:06
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:58 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 04:23 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:06
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
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