Madurai panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 11:08 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 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:10 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:50
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:15 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:50
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:10 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:10 Leo
- 06:10 – 08:09 Virgo
- 08:09 – 10:14 Libra
- 10:14 – 12:24 Scorpio
- 12:24 – 14:32 Sagittarius
- 14:32 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 18:12 Aquarius
- 18:12 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:44 Aries
- 21:44 – 23:48 Taurus
- 23:48 – 01:59 next day Gemini
- 01:59 – 04:06 next day Cancer
- 04:06 – 06:06 next day Leo
- 06:06 – 06:08 next day Virgo
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