Madurai panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 08:18 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:41
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:59 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 05:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 06:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 01:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:35 – 06:29 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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:29 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 06:29 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