Madurai panchang, 8 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 03:18 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 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:49
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:21 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 00:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:43, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:49
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) 11:50 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:43 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:39 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:40 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:49 | Good |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:45 Cancer
- 04:45 – 06:46 Leo
- 06:46 – 08:45 Virgo
- 08:45 – 10:49 Libra
- 10:49 – 13:00 Scorpio
- 13:00 – 15:07 Sagittarius
- 15:07 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 18:47 Aquarius
- 18:47 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:20 Aries
- 22:20 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:34 next day Gemini
- 02:34 – 04:41 next day Cancer
- 04:41 – 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