Madurai panchang, 28 July 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 17:55 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 12:24 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:06
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:40 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:19
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:33
- Karana Vanija until 18:19, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:11 – 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. 04:36 – 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 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 13:11
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:24 – 13:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:58 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:06 | Good |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:24 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:50 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:23 Gemini
- 05:23 – 07:31 Cancer
- 07:31 – 09:31 Leo
- 09:31 – 11:30 Virgo
- 11:30 – 13:34 Libra
- 13:34 – 15:45 Scorpio
- 15:45 – 17:52 Sagittarius
- 17:52 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 21:32 Aquarius
- 21:32 – 23:15 Pisces
- 23:15 – 01:05 next day Aries
- 01:05 – 03:08 next day Taurus
- 03:08 – 05:19 next day Gemini
- 05:19 – 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