Madurai panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 18:01 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 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:33
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:55 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 14:17
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:33
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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 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
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:03 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)
- 04:30 – 05:36 Virgo
- 05:36 – 07:40 Libra
- 07:40 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 11:59 Sagittarius
- 11:59 – 13:54 Capricorn
- 13:54 – 15:38 Aquarius
- 15:38 – 17:21 Pisces
- 17:21 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:14 Taurus
- 21:14 – 23:25 Gemini
- 23:25 – 01:33 next day Cancer
- 01:33 – 03:33 next day Leo
- 03:33 – 05:32 next day Virgo
- 05:32 – 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