Madurai panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 10:43 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 17:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:30
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:59 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:06 – 06:47
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. 04:29 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 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
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 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)
- 04:29 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 08:20 Libra
- 08:20 – 10:30 Scorpio
- 10:30 – 12:38 Sagittarius
- 12:38 – 14:33 Capricorn
- 14:33 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 18:00 Pisces
- 18:00 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:12 next day Cancer
- 02:12 – 04:12 next day Leo
- 04:12 – 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