Madurai panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 11:34 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 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:54
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:32 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:54
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:04 Leo
- 08:04 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:08 Libra
- 12:08 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 21:48 Pisces
- 21:48 – 23:38 Aries
- 23:38 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 06:00 next day Cancer
- 06:00 – 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