Madurai panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 01:11 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:41
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:05 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:08 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 09:51
- Karana Vanija until 14:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:59 – 02:08 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 – 12:29
- 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 06:06 – 23:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:00 Leo
- 05:00 – 06:58 Virgo
- 06:58 – 09:03 Libra
- 09:03 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 20:34 Aries
- 20:34 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:48 next day Gemini
- 00:48 – 02:55 next day Cancer
- 02:55 – 04:56 next day Leo
- 04:56 – 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