Madurai panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 15:00 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 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:30
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:30 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:14
- Karana Vanija until 15:11, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:30
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 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 17:44
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 17:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 17:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:52 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 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
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:14 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 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 09:47 Virgo
- 09:47 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 18:05 Capricorn
- 18:05 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:23 Aries
- 23:23 – 01:26 next day Taurus
- 01:26 – 03:37 next day Gemini
- 03:37 – 05:44 next day Cancer
- 05:44 – 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