Madurai panchang, 3 August 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 21:59 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 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:08
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:38 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:13
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:08
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 18:38 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:08 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:00 Gemini
- 05:00 – 07:07 Cancer
- 07:07 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:11 Libra
- 13:11 – 15:21 Scorpio
- 15:21 – 17:29 Sagittarius
- 17:29 – 19:24 Capricorn
- 19:24 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 22:51 Pisces
- 22:51 – 00:41 next day Aries
- 00:41 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:56 next day Gemini
- 04:56 – 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