Madurai panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 05:32 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 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:55
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:35 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:55
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:32 Cancer
- 06:32 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 10:31 Virgo
- 10:31 – 12:35 Libra
- 12:35 – 14:46 Scorpio
- 14:46 – 16:53 Sagittarius
- 16:53 – 18:49 Capricorn
- 18:49 – 20:33 Aquarius
- 20:33 – 22:16 Pisces
- 22:16 – 00:06 next day Aries
- 00:06 – 02:09 next day Taurus
- 02:09 – 04:20 next day Gemini
- 04:20 – 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