Madurai panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 07:45 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 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:18
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:18 to 06:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:08
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 13:43
- Karana Kaulava until 07:08, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:18
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. 04:33 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:08 – 13:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 13:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:07 – 21:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:40 Scorpio
- 12:40 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 18:27 Aquarius
- 18:27 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 22:00 Aries
- 22:00 – 00:04 next day Taurus
- 00:04 – 02:15 next day Gemini
- 02:15 – 04:22 next day Cancer
- 04:22 – 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