Madurai panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 13:18 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 18:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:58
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:31 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 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) 11:55 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:53 | Good |
| Rog | 13:53 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:31 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:53 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 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
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:16 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 – 05:56 Cancer
- 05:56 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 12:00 Libra
- 12:00 – 14:10 Scorpio
- 14:10 – 16:18 Sagittarius
- 16:18 – 18:13 Capricorn
- 18:13 – 19:58 Aquarius
- 19:58 – 21:40 Pisces
- 21:40 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 05:52 next day Cancer
- 05:52 – 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