Madurai panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:37 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 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:08
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:37 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:01
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:30
- 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 18:37 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:04 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:48 Gemini
- 04:48 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 08:55 Leo
- 08:55 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 12:59 Libra
- 12:59 – 15:09 Scorpio
- 15:09 – 17:17 Sagittarius
- 17:17 – 19:12 Capricorn
- 19:12 – 20:57 Aquarius
- 20:57 – 22:39 Pisces
- 22:39 – 00:29 next day Aries
- 00:29 – 02:33 next day Taurus
- 02:33 – 04:44 next day Gemini
- 04:44 – 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