Madurai panchang, 24 July 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 14:33 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:06
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:41 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:13
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:36 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 20:11
- Karana Gara until 09:13, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:36 – 06:07 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. 04:35 – 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 – 04:36 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:13 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:07 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 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:46 Cancer
- 07:46 – 09:47 Leo
- 09:47 – 11:45 Virgo
- 11:45 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 16:01 Scorpio
- 16:01 – 18:08 Sagittarius
- 18:08 – 20:03 Capricorn
- 20:03 – 21:48 Aquarius
- 21:48 – 23:30 Pisces
- 23:30 – 01:21 next day Aries
- 01:21 – 03:24 next day Taurus
- 03:24 – 05:35 next day Gemini
- 05:35 – 06:07 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