Madurai panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 12:04 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 12:23 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:07
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:41 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:17 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 18:25
- Karana Vishti until 16:35, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:07
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. 04:35 – 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:23 – 13:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:41 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:24 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:51 Gemini
- 05:51 – 07:58 Cancer
- 07:58 – 09:58 Leo
- 09:58 – 11:57 Virgo
- 11:57 – 14:02 Libra
- 14:02 – 16:12 Scorpio
- 16:12 – 18:20 Sagittarius
- 18:20 – 20:15 Capricorn
- 20:15 – 22:00 Aquarius
- 22:00 – 23:42 Pisces
- 23:42 – 01:32 next day Aries
- 01:32 – 03:36 next day Taurus
- 03:36 – 05:47 next day Gemini
- 05:47 – 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