Madurai panchang, 28 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 18:40 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 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 16:55
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:28 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:27
- Karana Bava until 09:48, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:55
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:48 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:51 | Good |
| Rog | 13:51 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:12 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 – 05:29 Cancer
- 05:29 – 07:29 Leo
- 07:29 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 11:32 Libra
- 11:32 – 13:43 Scorpio
- 13:43 – 15:51 Sagittarius
- 15:51 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 19:30 Aquarius
- 19:30 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 01:06 next day Taurus
- 01:06 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 05:25 next day Cancer
- 05:25 – 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