Madurai panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 14:29 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 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:48
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:13 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 06:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:05 – 18:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:31 – 06:07 next day
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 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:55 Leo
- 05:55 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:16 Sagittarius
- 14:16 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:56 Aquarius
- 17:56 – 19:38 Pisces
- 19:38 – 21:29 Aries
- 21:29 – 23:32 Taurus
- 23:32 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 03:50 next day Cancer
- 03:50 – 05:51 next day Leo
- 05:51 – 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