Madurai panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 08:59 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 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:32
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:00 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:39
- Karana Vanija until 12:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:32
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:25
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:06 – 04:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 04:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 04:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:38 Scorpio
- 10:38 – 12:46 Sagittarius
- 12:46 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:58 Aries
- 19:58 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:20 next day Cancer
- 02:20 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 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