Madurai panchang, 4 November 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 01:53 Ashwin month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:28
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:52 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 11:03
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:30 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 08:01
- Karana Vishti until 11:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:26 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:28
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. 04:31 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:00 Virgo
- 05:00 – 07:05 Libra
- 07:05 – 09:16 Scorpio
- 09:16 – 11:23 Sagittarius
- 11:23 – 13:18 Capricorn
- 13:18 – 15:03 Aquarius
- 15:03 – 16:45 Pisces
- 16:45 – 18:36 Aries
- 18:36 – 20:39 Taurus
- 20:39 – 22:50 Gemini
- 22:50 – 00:57 next day Cancer
- 00:57 – 02:58 next day Leo
- 02:58 – 04:57 next day Virgo
- 04:57 – 06:09 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