Madurai panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 11:16 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:10
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:41 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Gara until 15:41, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:09 – 06:06 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 – 12:49
- 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 11:28 – 19:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Char | 13:58 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:06 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:55 Gemini
- 05:55 – 08:02 Cancer
- 08:02 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:06 Libra
- 14:06 – 16:16 Scorpio
- 16:16 – 18:24 Sagittarius
- 18:24 – 20:19 Capricorn
- 20:19 – 22:04 Aquarius
- 22:04 – 23:46 Pisces
- 23:46 – 01:36 next day Aries
- 01:36 – 03:40 next day Taurus
- 03:40 – 05:51 next day Gemini
- 05:51 – 06:06 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