Madurai panchang, 13 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 06:31 Shravana 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 13:55 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:06
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:35 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:42
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:38 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 12:16
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:51, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:16 – 22:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:06
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) 11:57 – 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
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:55 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:22 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:28 Cancer
- 06:28 – 08:28 Leo
- 08:28 – 10:27 Virgo
- 10:27 – 12:31 Libra
- 12:31 – 14:42 Scorpio
- 14:42 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 20:29 Aquarius
- 20:29 – 22:12 Pisces
- 22:12 – 00:02 next day Aries
- 00:02 – 02:05 next day Taurus
- 02:05 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 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