Madurai panchang, 9 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 04:17 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 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:46
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:20 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:31
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 21:52
- Karana Vanija until 12:31, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:31 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:14 – 23:30
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:20 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:41 Cancer
- 04:41 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 08:41 Virgo
- 08:41 – 10:45 Libra
- 10:45 – 12:56 Scorpio
- 12:56 – 15:03 Sagittarius
- 15:03 – 16:59 Capricorn
- 16:59 – 18:43 Aquarius
- 18:43 – 20:25 Pisces
- 20:25 – 22:16 Aries
- 22:16 – 00:19 next day Taurus
- 00:19 – 02:30 next day Gemini
- 02:30 – 04:38 next day Cancer
- 04:38 – 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