Madurai panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:06 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:35
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:57 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:35 – 02:35 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:07 – 08:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:58 – 17:25
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 17:57 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:38 – 06:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:38 – 06:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:25 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:03 Virgo
- 06:03 – 08:08 Libra
- 08:08 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:26 Sagittarius
- 12:26 – 14:21 Capricorn
- 14:21 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 19:39 Aries
- 19:39 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:00 next day Cancer
- 02:00 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 05:59 next day Virgo
- 05:59 – 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