Madurai panchang, 7 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 02:16 Shravana month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:55
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:22 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:04
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:41
- Karana Bava until 06:17, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:45 – 06:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:55
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:38 – 14:09 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. 04:34 – 05:21
- 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 18:22 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:14 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:49 Cancer
- 04:49 – 06:50 Leo
- 06:50 – 08:49 Virgo
- 08:49 – 10:53 Libra
- 10:53 – 13:04 Scorpio
- 13:04 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 17:07 Capricorn
- 17:07 – 18:51 Aquarius
- 18:51 – 20:33 Pisces
- 20:33 – 22:24 Aries
- 22:24 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:38 next day Gemini
- 02:38 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 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