Madurai panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 15:55 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 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:40
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:12 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:40
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 07:46 Virgo
- 07:46 – 09:50 Libra
- 09:50 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:08 Sagittarius
- 14:08 – 16:04 Capricorn
- 16:04 – 17:48 Aquarius
- 17:48 – 19:30 Pisces
- 19:30 – 21:21 Aries
- 21:21 – 23:24 Taurus
- 23:24 – 01:35 next day Gemini
- 01:35 – 03:43 next day Cancer
- 03:43 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 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