Madurai panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 13:02 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:29
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:51 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Balava until 18:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:29
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 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:14 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:10 Libra
- 06:10 – 08:21 Scorpio
- 08:21 – 10:28 Sagittarius
- 10:28 – 12:23 Capricorn
- 12:23 – 14:08 Aquarius
- 14:08 – 15:50 Pisces
- 15:50 – 17:41 Aries
- 17:41 – 19:44 Taurus
- 19:44 – 21:55 Gemini
- 21:55 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 02:03 next day Leo
- 02:03 – 04:02 next day Virgo
- 04:02 – 06:06 next day Libra
- 06:06 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
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