Madurai panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 19:21 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 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:44
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:09 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:14
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:53 – 12:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:44
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. 04:31 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 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)
- 04:31 – 05:27 Leo
- 05:27 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:41 Scorpio
- 11:41 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:44 Capricorn
- 15:44 – 17:28 Aquarius
- 17:28 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 21:01 Aries
- 21:01 – 23:05 Taurus
- 23:05 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:23 next day Cancer
- 03:23 – 05:23 next day Leo
- 05:23 – 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