Madurai panchang, 22 December 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 11:04 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:35
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:01 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:24 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:31, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:24 – 03:13 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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 14:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 11:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:31 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