Madurai panchang, 8 July 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:41 Jyeshtha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:57
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:41 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:57
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 16:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:00 – 06:03 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. 04:32 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:42 Gemini
- 06:42 – 08:49 Cancer
- 08:49 – 10:50 Leo
- 10:50 – 12:48 Virgo
- 12:48 – 14:53 Libra
- 14:53 – 17:03 Scorpio
- 17:03 – 19:11 Sagittarius
- 19:11 – 21:06 Capricorn
- 21:06 – 22:51 Aquarius
- 22:51 – 00:33 next day Pisces
- 00:33 – 02:24 next day Aries
- 02:24 – 04:27 next day Taurus
- 04:27 – 06:03 next day Gemini
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