Madurai panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 09:06 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:21 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:34
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:34
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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) 11:56 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:21 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:54 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:34 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 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
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:15 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 – 06:16 Cancer
- 06:16 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:30 Scorpio
- 14:30 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:17 Aquarius
- 20:17 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:50 Aries
- 23:50 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:05 next day Gemini
- 04:05 – 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