Madurai panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 08:34 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 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:51
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:17 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:07
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 12:46
- Karana Gara until 07:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:08 – 13:55
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) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:55 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 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
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:09 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)
- 04:33 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:36 Scorpio
- 12:36 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 16:39 Capricorn
- 16:39 – 18:23 Aquarius
- 18:23 – 20:06 Pisces
- 20:06 – 21:56 Aries
- 21:56 – 00:00 next day Taurus
- 00:00 – 02:11 next day Gemini
- 02:11 – 04:18 next day Cancer
- 04:18 – 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