Madurai panchang, 2 August 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 21:19 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:49
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:39
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:27 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:39 to 06:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 23:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:29
- Karana Bava until 11:15, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:39
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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:37 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:57 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:04 Gemini
- 05:04 – 07:11 Cancer
- 07:11 – 09:11 Leo
- 09:11 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:25 Scorpio
- 15:25 – 17:33 Sagittarius
- 17:33 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 21:12 Aquarius
- 21:12 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 00:45 next day Aries
- 00:45 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:00 next day Gemini
- 05:00 – 06:08 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