Madurai panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 08:46 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:07
- 06:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:46
- Karana Gara until 06:28, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:30 – 04:43 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 18:35
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 06:05 – 18:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:35 – 06:05 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:35 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:06 Gemini
- 06:06 – 08:14 Cancer
- 08:14 – 10:14 Leo
- 10:14 – 12:13 Virgo
- 12:13 – 14:17 Libra
- 14:17 – 16:28 Scorpio
- 16:28 – 18:36 Sagittarius
- 18:36 – 20:31 Capricorn
- 20:31 – 22:15 Aquarius
- 22:15 – 23:58 Pisces
- 23:58 – 01:48 next day Aries
- 01:48 – 03:52 next day Taurus
- 03:52 – 06:03 next day Gemini
- 06:03 – 06:05 next day Cancer
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