Madurai panchang, 31 December 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 17:54 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:06
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:50 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 10:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:06
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. 04:55 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 06:35 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