Madurai panchang, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 14:10 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- 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 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:53 – 15:25
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:31 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:49 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:14 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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
- 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
- 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 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:25
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 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:53 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:31 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 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
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:16 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 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 07:53 Leo
- 07:53 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:48 next day Cancer
- 05:48 – 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