Madurai panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 23:06 Bhadrapada month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:36
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:06 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:15
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:55 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:17
- Karana Vanija until 10:15, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:18 – 18:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 02:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 10:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:11 Leo
- 05:11 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:15 Libra
- 09:15 – 11:25 Scorpio
- 11:25 – 13:33 Sagittarius
- 13:33 – 15:28 Capricorn
- 15:28 – 17:13 Aquarius
- 17:13 – 18:55 Pisces
- 18:55 – 20:45 Aries
- 20:45 – 22:49 Taurus
- 22:49 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 03:07 next day Cancer
- 03:07 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 06:06 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