Madurai panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 00:09 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 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:05
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:05 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:32
- Karana Taitila until 16:51, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:05
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 18:05 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:14 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:06 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:04 Leo
- 05:04 – 07:02 Virgo
- 07:02 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:17 Scorpio
- 11:17 – 13:25 Sagittarius
- 13:25 – 15:20 Capricorn
- 15:20 – 17:05 Aquarius
- 17:05 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 20:38 Aries
- 20:38 – 22:41 Taurus
- 22:41 – 00:52 next day Gemini
- 00:52 – 02:59 next day Cancer
- 02:59 – 05:00 next day Leo
- 05:00 – 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