Madurai panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 14:29 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:30
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:57 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:07 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:56 Virgo
- 05:56 – 08:00 Libra
- 08:00 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:14 Capricorn
- 14:14 – 15:58 Aquarius
- 15:58 – 17:40 Pisces
- 17:40 – 19:31 Aries
- 19:31 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:45 Gemini
- 23:45 – 01:52 next day Cancer
- 01:52 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 05:52 next day Virgo
- 05:52 – 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