Madurai panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 10:44 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 18:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam 15:27 – 17:00
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:33 to 06:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:00
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 18:33 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:54 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:27 – 17:00 | Good |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:00 – 21:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:12 Libra
- 12:12 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:25 Capricorn
- 18:25 – 20:10 Aquarius
- 20:10 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 01:46 next day Taurus
- 01:46 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 06:04 next day Cancer
- 06:04 – 06:09 next day Leo
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