Madurai panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 03:56 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 18:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:40
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:03 to 06:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 00:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:06 – 07:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 21:20 – 06:06 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) 11:41 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:48 Leo
- 04:48 – 06:47 Virgo
- 06:47 – 08:51 Libra
- 08:51 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:09 Sagittarius
- 13:09 – 15:05 Capricorn
- 15:05 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 18:31 Pisces
- 18:31 – 20:22 Aries
- 20:22 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:36 next day Gemini
- 00:36 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 04:44 next day Leo
- 04:44 – 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