Madurai panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 08:17 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:28
- 07:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 17:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 07:09
- Karana Gara until 17:29, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 03:25 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:25 – 06:09 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) 11:57 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 03:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:29 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:55 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 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
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:15 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 – 06:20 Cancer
- 06:20 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 10:19 Virgo
- 10:19 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:34 Scorpio
- 14:34 – 16:42 Sagittarius
- 16:42 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 23:54 Aries
- 23:54 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:09 next day Gemini
- 04:09 – 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