Madurai panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 07:15 Ashwin 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 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:38
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:01 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:32
- Karana Balava until 09:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:38
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 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 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
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 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 – 04:32 Leo
- 04:32 – 06:31 Virgo
- 06:31 – 08:35 Libra
- 08:35 – 10:46 Scorpio
- 10:46 – 12:54 Sagittarius
- 12:54 – 14:49 Capricorn
- 14:49 – 16:33 Aquarius
- 16:33 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:28 next day Cancer
- 02:28 – 04:28 next day Leo
- 04:28 – 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