Madurai panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 06:55 Bhadrapada 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 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:08 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:16
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:19 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 15:09
- Karana Bava until 07:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 12:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:53 – 12:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:55 – 06:08 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) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:08 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 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
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:30 Leo
- 06:30 – 08:29 Virgo
- 08:29 – 10:33 Libra
- 10:33 – 12:44 Scorpio
- 12:44 – 14:52 Sagittarius
- 14:52 – 16:47 Capricorn
- 16:47 – 18:31 Aquarius
- 18:31 – 20:14 Pisces
- 20:14 – 22:04 Aries
- 22:04 – 00:07 next day Taurus
- 00:07 – 02:18 next day Gemini
- 02:18 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 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