Madurai panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 09:39 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 13:58 – 15:32
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:41 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 06:05 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 – 05:20
- 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 18:00 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:58 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:41 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:03 Gemini
- 06:03 – 08:10 Cancer
- 08:10 – 10:10 Leo
- 10:10 – 12:09 Virgo
- 12:09 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:24 Scorpio
- 16:24 – 18:32 Sagittarius
- 18:32 – 20:27 Capricorn
- 20:27 – 22:11 Aquarius
- 22:11 – 23:54 Pisces
- 23:54 – 01:44 next day Aries
- 01:44 – 03:48 next day Taurus
- 03:48 – 05:59 next day Gemini
- 05:59 – 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