Madurai panchang, 9 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 04:46 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 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:33
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:02 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 09:53, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:33
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) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 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
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 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)
- 04:30 – 04:44 Leo
- 04:44 – 06:43 Virgo
- 06:43 – 08:47 Libra
- 08:47 – 10:58 Scorpio
- 10:58 – 13:05 Sagittarius
- 13:05 – 15:01 Capricorn
- 15:01 – 16:45 Aquarius
- 16:45 – 18:28 Pisces
- 18:28 – 20:18 Aries
- 20:18 – 22:21 Taurus
- 22:21 – 00:32 next day Gemini
- 00:32 – 02:40 next day Cancer
- 02:40 – 04:40 next day Leo
- 04:40 – 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