Madurai panchang, 26 July 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 16:17 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:40
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:40 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:58
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 22:05
- Karana Balava until 13:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 22:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 07:35
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 18:40 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:35 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:31 Gemini
- 05:31 – 07:38 Cancer
- 07:38 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 11:38 Virgo
- 11:38 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 15:53 Scorpio
- 15:53 – 18:00 Sagittarius
- 18:00 – 19:56 Capricorn
- 19:56 – 21:40 Aquarius
- 21:40 – 23:22 Pisces
- 23:22 – 01:13 next day Aries
- 01:13 – 03:16 next day Taurus
- 03:16 – 05:27 next day Gemini
- 05:27 – 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