Madurai panchang, 24 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 16:35 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 18:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:07 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:46
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:11 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:18
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:54
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:54 – 17:54
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:35 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:07 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 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 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 07:42 Virgo
- 07:42 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 11:57 Scorpio
- 11:57 – 14:04 Sagittarius
- 14:04 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:44 Aquarius
- 17:44 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:17 Aries
- 21:17 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:39 next day Cancer
- 03:39 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 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