Madurai panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 22:41 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 12:23 – 13:57
- Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:04
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:38 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 22:03
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 19:33
- Karana Gara until 10:33, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:33 – 21:33
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:03 – 06:08 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 – 05:22
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:54 – 22:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:54 – 06:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:54 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:23 – 13:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:57 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:38 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:42 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:56 Gemini
- 04:56 – 07:03 Cancer
- 07:03 – 09:03 Leo
- 09:03 – 11:02 Virgo
- 11:02 – 13:07 Libra
- 13:07 – 15:17 Scorpio
- 15:17 – 17:25 Sagittarius
- 17:25 – 19:20 Capricorn
- 19:20 – 21:05 Aquarius
- 21:05 – 22:47 Pisces
- 22:47 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:41 next day Taurus
- 02:41 – 04:52 next day Gemini
- 04:52 – 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