Madurai panchang, 9 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 02:18 Ashadha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:29 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta 16:57 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:03 – 18:36
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:36 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:05
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 02:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:57 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:03 – 18:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:04 – 03:16 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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:03 – 21:30 | Good |
| Char | 21:30 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:43 Cancer
- 06:43 – 08:44 Leo
- 08:44 – 10:43 Virgo
- 10:43 – 12:47 Libra
- 12:47 – 14:58 Scorpio
- 14:58 – 17:05 Sagittarius
- 17:05 – 19:01 Capricorn
- 19:01 – 20:45 Aquarius
- 20:45 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 00:18 next day Aries
- 00:18 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 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