Madurai panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 12:21 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:58
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:58 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:58
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) 11:38 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:35 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:12 Libra
- 08:12 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:25 Capricorn
- 14:25 – 16:10 Aquarius
- 16:10 – 17:52 Pisces
- 17:52 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 21:46 Taurus
- 21:46 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 02:04 next day Cancer
- 02:04 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 06:03 next day Virgo
- 06:03 – 06:07 next day Libra
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