Madurai panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 11:34 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 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 15:00
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:58 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:02
- Karana Gara until 19:12, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:00
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 17:58 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 09:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:07 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 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 08:16 Libra
- 08:16 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:34 Sagittarius
- 12:34 – 14:29 Capricorn
- 14:29 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 17:56 Pisces
- 17:56 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:50 Taurus
- 21:50 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:08 next day Cancer
- 02:08 – 04:08 next day Leo
- 04:08 – 06:07 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