Madurai panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 13:42 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:14
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:14 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:14
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. 04:32 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 06:07 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:59 Leo
- 05:59 – 07:57 Virgo
- 07:57 – 10:02 Libra
- 10:02 – 12:12 Scorpio
- 12:12 – 14:20 Sagittarius
- 14:20 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 21:33 Aries
- 21:33 – 23:36 Taurus
- 23:36 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 03:54 next day Cancer
- 03:54 – 05:55 next day Leo
- 05:55 – 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