Madurai panchang, 12 July 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 03:29 Jyeshtha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:42
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:42 to 06:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 12:19, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:42
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 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:57 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:26 Gemini
- 06:26 – 08:33 Cancer
- 08:33 – 10:34 Leo
- 10:34 – 12:33 Virgo
- 12:33 – 14:37 Libra
- 14:37 – 16:48 Scorpio
- 16:48 – 18:55 Sagittarius
- 18:55 – 20:51 Capricorn
- 20:51 – 22:35 Aquarius
- 22:35 – 00:17 next day Pisces
- 00:17 – 02:08 next day Aries
- 02:08 – 04:11 next day Taurus
- 04:11 – 06:04 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