Madurai panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 12:01 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:44
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:15 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:44 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:34
- Karana Vanija until 13:01, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:08 – 22:44
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 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:07 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 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:20 Scorpio
- 12:20 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:44 Taurus
- 23:44 – 01:55 next day Gemini
- 01:55 – 04:02 next day Cancer
- 04:02 – 06:02 next day Leo
- 06:02 – 06:07 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