Madurai panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:48 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:28
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:57 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:50, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:50 – 03:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:02 – 06:07 next day
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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:07 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:59 Virgo
- 05:59 – 08:04 Libra
- 08:04 – 10:15 Scorpio
- 10:15 – 12:22 Sagittarius
- 12:22 – 14:17 Capricorn
- 14:17 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 01:56 next day Cancer
- 01:56 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 05:56 next day Virgo
- 05:56 – 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