Madurai panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:24 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:52
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:24 to 06:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 15:44
- Karana Balava until 13:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:44 – 16:56
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
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:24 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:10 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)
- 04:35 – 05:01 Cancer
- 05:01 – 07:01 Leo
- 07:01 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 11:05 Libra
- 11:05 – 13:15 Scorpio
- 13:15 – 15:23 Sagittarius
- 15:23 – 17:18 Capricorn
- 17:18 – 19:03 Aquarius
- 19:03 – 20:45 Pisces
- 20:45 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:39 next day Taurus
- 00:39 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 04:57 next day Cancer
- 04:57 – 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