Madurai panchang, 8 February 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 23:48 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:23
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:01 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 00:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:23
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 06:39 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. 05:01 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:05 Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 07:00 Capricorn
- 07:00 – 08:44 Aquarius
- 08:44 – 10:27 Pisces
- 10:27 – 12:17 Aries
- 12:17 – 14:21 Taurus
- 14:21 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 18:39 Cancer
- 18:39 – 20:39 Leo
- 20:39 – 22:38 Virgo
- 22:38 – 00:42 next day Libra
- 00:42 – 02:53 next day Scorpio
- 02:53 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 06:39 next day Capricorn
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