Madurai panchang, 3 September 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 23:09 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 18:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:57
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:24 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:29 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:33
- Karana Vishti until 15:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:57
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:29 – 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. 04:35 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:24 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 00:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:20 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 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 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:05 Cancer
- 05:05 – 07:05 Leo
- 07:05 – 09:04 Virgo
- 09:04 – 11:09 Libra
- 11:09 – 13:19 Scorpio
- 13:19 – 15:27 Sagittarius
- 15:27 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 19:07 Aquarius
- 19:07 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 22:39 Aries
- 22:39 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:54 next day Gemini
- 02:54 – 05:01 next day Cancer
- 05:01 – 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