Madurai panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 13:42 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:10
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 06:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 19:20
- Karana Kaulava until 07:03, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:10
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 – 05:21
- 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 06:06 – 06:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 06:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:42 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:58 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:43 Gemini
- 05:43 – 07:50 Cancer
- 07:50 – 09:51 Leo
- 09:51 – 11:49 Virgo
- 11:49 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:04 Scorpio
- 16:04 – 18:12 Sagittarius
- 18:12 – 20:07 Capricorn
- 20:07 – 21:52 Aquarius
- 21:52 – 23:34 Pisces
- 23:34 – 01:25 next day Aries
- 01:25 – 03:28 next day Taurus
- 03:28 – 05:39 next day Gemini
- 05:39 – 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