Madurai panchang, 21 December 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 10:27 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:43
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:01 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 01:43 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:43
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:01 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 09:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:36 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
- 06:05 – 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