Madurai panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 07:50 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:10
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:53, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:22 – 22:46 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. 04:34 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:52 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:58 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:10 Gemini
- 06:10 – 08:18 Cancer
- 08:18 – 10:18 Leo
- 10:18 – 12:17 Virgo
- 12:17 – 14:21 Libra
- 14:21 – 16:32 Scorpio
- 16:32 – 18:40 Sagittarius
- 18:40 – 20:35 Capricorn
- 20:35 – 22:19 Aquarius
- 22:19 – 00:02 next day Pisces
- 00:02 – 01:52 next day Aries
- 01:52 – 03:56 next day Taurus
- 03:56 – 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