Madurai panchang, 20 November 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 14:20 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:24
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:51 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 06:40
- Karana Gara until 07:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:40 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 06:32 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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 06:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:02 Libra
- 06:02 – 08:13 Scorpio
- 08:13 – 10:20 Sagittarius
- 10:20 – 12:16 Capricorn
- 12:16 – 14:00 Aquarius
- 14:00 – 15:42 Pisces
- 15:42 – 17:33 Aries
- 17:33 – 19:36 Taurus
- 19:36 – 21:47 Gemini
- 21:47 – 23:54 Cancer
- 23:54 – 01:55 next day Leo
- 01:55 – 03:54 next day Virgo
- 03:54 – 05:58 next day Libra
- 05:58 – 06:15 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