Madurai panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:48 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 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:27
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:56 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:36
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:08
- Karana Balava until 14:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:08 – 01:44 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 17:56 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:48 Virgo
- 05:48 – 07:52 Libra
- 07:52 – 10:03 Scorpio
- 10:03 – 12:10 Sagittarius
- 12:10 – 14:06 Capricorn
- 14:06 – 15:50 Aquarius
- 15:50 – 17:32 Pisces
- 17:32 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:37 Gemini
- 23:37 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 03:45 next day Leo
- 03:45 – 05:44 next day Virgo
- 05:44 – 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