Madurai panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 21:04 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 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:37
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:07 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 00:20 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:20 – 04:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:37
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 07:36
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:36 – 06:02 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:36 – 06:02 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 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
- 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)
- 04:31 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:41 Sagittarius
- 13:41 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 17:20 Aquarius
- 17:20 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:53 Aries
- 20:53 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:08 next day Gemini
- 01:08 – 03:15 next day Cancer
- 03:15 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 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