Madurai panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 09:47 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:41
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:00 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:30 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. 04:49 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 06:30 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