Madurai panchang, 15 July 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 06:49 Ashadha 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 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:58
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:51
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:46 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 08:04
- Karana Bava until 11:51, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:04 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:58
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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:51 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 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 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:26 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
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:14 Gemini
- 06:14 – 08:22 Cancer
- 08:22 – 10:22 Leo
- 10:22 – 12:21 Virgo
- 12:21 – 14:25 Libra
- 14:25 – 16:36 Scorpio
- 16:36 – 18:44 Sagittarius
- 18:44 – 20:39 Capricorn
- 20:39 – 22:23 Aquarius
- 22:23 – 00:06 next day Pisces
- 00:06 – 01:56 next day Aries
- 01:56 – 03:59 next day Taurus
- 03:59 – 06:05 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