Madurai panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 07:25 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 18:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 17:01
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:34 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:47
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:42 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 09:28
- Karana Balava until 07:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:01
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 18:34 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 03:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 03:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:42 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:24 Cancer
- 06:24 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 10:23 Virgo
- 10:23 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:38 Scorpio
- 14:38 – 16:46 Sagittarius
- 16:46 – 18:41 Capricorn
- 18:41 – 20:25 Aquarius
- 20:25 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 23:58 Aries
- 23:58 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 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