Madurai panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 22:14 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 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:49
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:25 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:43 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:12
- Karana Taitila until 06:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:12 – 00:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 01:43 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. 04:35 – 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) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:43 – 06:09 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:43 – 06:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 06:09 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:26 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 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
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:10 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)
- 04:35 – 05:09 Cancer
- 05:09 – 07:09 Leo
- 07:09 – 09:08 Virgo
- 09:08 – 11:13 Libra
- 11:13 – 13:23 Scorpio
- 13:23 – 15:31 Sagittarius
- 15:31 – 17:26 Capricorn
- 17:26 – 19:11 Aquarius
- 19:11 – 20:53 Pisces
- 20:53 – 22:43 Aries
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 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