Madurai panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 10:16 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 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:43
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:16 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 06:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 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
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:08 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)
- 04:33 – 06:14 Leo
- 06:14 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:18 Libra
- 10:18 – 12:28 Scorpio
- 12:28 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 16:31 Capricorn
- 16:31 – 18:16 Aquarius
- 18:16 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 21:48 Aries
- 21:48 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:03 next day Gemini
- 02:03 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 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