Madurai panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 18:40 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 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
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:40 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:57
- Karana Vishti until 07:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 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
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 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 18:40 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 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 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:19 Gemini
- 05:19 – 07:27 Cancer
- 07:27 – 09:27 Leo
- 09:27 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:30 Libra
- 13:30 – 15:41 Scorpio
- 15:41 – 17:48 Sagittarius
- 17:48 – 19:44 Capricorn
- 19:44 – 21:28 Aquarius
- 21:28 – 23:11 Pisces
- 23:11 – 01:01 next day Aries
- 01:01 – 03:04 next day Taurus
- 03:04 – 05:15 next day Gemini
- 05:15 – 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