Madurai panchang, 5 September 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 00:09 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 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:09 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:19
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:23 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 12:47
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:19
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) 11:51 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:09 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:08 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 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:57 Cancer
- 04:57 – 06:58 Leo
- 06:58 – 08:56 Virgo
- 08:56 – 11:01 Libra
- 11:01 – 13:11 Scorpio
- 13:11 – 15:19 Sagittarius
- 15:19 – 17:14 Capricorn
- 17:14 – 18:59 Aquarius
- 18:59 – 20:41 Pisces
- 20:41 – 22:32 Aries
- 22:32 – 00:35 next day Taurus
- 00:35 – 02:46 next day Gemini
- 02:46 – 04:53 next day Cancer
- 04:53 – 06:08 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