Madurai panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 20:40 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 18:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:58
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:26 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 01:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 08:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:46 – 06:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:58
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:18 – 09:19
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. 04:35 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:17 Cancer
- 05:17 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:31 Scorpio
- 13:31 – 15:39 Sagittarius
- 15:39 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 19:18 Aquarius
- 19:18 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 22:51 Aries
- 22:51 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:06 next day Gemini
- 03:06 – 05:13 next day Cancer
- 05:13 – 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