Madurai panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 00:18 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:04
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:37 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:37
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:11
- Karana Gara until 16:37, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:04
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 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:56 | Good |
| Rog | 13:56 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:09 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 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:44 Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:51 Cancer
- 06:51 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 12:55 Libra
- 12:55 – 15:05 Scorpio
- 15:05 – 17:13 Sagittarius
- 17:13 – 19:08 Capricorn
- 19:08 – 20:53 Aquarius
- 20:53 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 00:26 next day Aries
- 00:26 – 02:29 next day Taurus
- 02:29 – 04:40 next day Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:09 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