Madurai panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 17:19 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 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:51
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:29 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:48 – 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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:51 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 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
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:12 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 – 05:37 Cancer
- 05:37 – 07:37 Leo
- 07:37 – 09:36 Virgo
- 09:36 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 13:51 Scorpio
- 13:51 – 15:58 Sagittarius
- 15:58 – 17:54 Capricorn
- 17:54 – 19:38 Aquarius
- 19:38 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 23:11 Aries
- 23:11 – 01:14 next day Taurus
- 01:14 – 03:25 next day Gemini
- 03:25 – 05:33 next day Cancer
- 05:33 – 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