Madurai panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 02:07 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:42
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:15 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Bava until 11:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 11:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:42
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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:40 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:09 Leo
- 06:09 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 10:13 Libra
- 10:13 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:26 Capricorn
- 16:26 – 18:11 Aquarius
- 18:11 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:43 Aries
- 21:43 – 23:47 Taurus
- 23:47 – 01:58 next day Gemini
- 01:58 – 04:05 next day Cancer
- 04:05 – 06:05 next day Leo
- 06:05 – 06:07 next day Virgo
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