Madurai panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:06 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:06 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:00
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 15:21
- Karana Bava until 08:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:21 – 01:57 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. 04:30 – 05:18
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:06 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:07 Leo
- 05:07 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 09:11 Libra
- 09:11 – 11:21 Scorpio
- 11:21 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 22:45 Taurus
- 22:45 – 00:56 next day Gemini
- 00:56 – 03:03 next day Cancer
- 03:03 – 05:04 next day Leo
- 05:04 – 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