Madurai panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 01:15 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 13:56 – 15:30
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:37 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:51 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:59, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:02 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:30
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 13:59 – 16:51
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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 13:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:56 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:40 Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:47 Cancer
- 06:47 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 10:46 Virgo
- 10:46 – 12:51 Libra
- 12:51 – 15:02 Scorpio
- 15:02 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 19:04 Capricorn
- 19:04 – 20:49 Aquarius
- 20:49 – 22:31 Pisces
- 22:31 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 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