Madurai panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 07:26 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 17:59
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 17:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:30 – 12:35
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- 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 17:59 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 06:39
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 06:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 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
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 19:59 Gemini
- 19:59 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 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