Madurai panchang, 22 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:08 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 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:07 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:34
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:56 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 14:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:39
- Karana Vishti until 14:48, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:34
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 17:56 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:07 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 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 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:14 Sagittarius
- 12:14 – 14:10 Capricorn
- 14:10 – 15:54 Aquarius
- 15:54 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:30 Taurus
- 21:30 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 03:49 next day Leo
- 03:49 – 05:48 next day Virgo
- 05:48 – 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