Madurai panchang, 22 July 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 12:52 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:58
- 18:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:41 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:42
- Karana Balava until 18:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 17:52 – 20:04
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 23:03 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:47 Gemini
- 05:47 – 07:54 Cancer
- 07:54 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 11:53 Virgo
- 11:53 – 13:58 Libra
- 13:58 – 16:08 Scorpio
- 16:08 – 18:16 Sagittarius
- 18:16 – 20:11 Capricorn
- 20:11 – 21:56 Aquarius
- 21:56 – 23:38 Pisces
- 23:38 – 01:28 next day Aries
- 01:28 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 05:43 next day Gemini
- 05:43 – 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