Madurai panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 11:43 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:31
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:51 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:16
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:26 – 13:42
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. 04:34 – 05:23
- 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 17:51 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 02:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 02:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:18 Libra
- 06:18 – 08:28 Scorpio
- 08:28 – 10:36 Sagittarius
- 10:36 – 12:31 Capricorn
- 12:31 – 14:16 Aquarius
- 14:16 – 15:58 Pisces
- 15:58 – 17:48 Aries
- 17:48 – 19:52 Taurus
- 19:52 – 22:03 Gemini
- 22:03 – 00:10 next day Cancer
- 00:10 – 02:11 next day Leo
- 02:11 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 06:13 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