Madurai panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:37 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:04
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:19
- Karana Vanija until 17:56, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:56 – 05:28 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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 07:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:31 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:29 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:31 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:51 Aries
- 10:51 – 12:54 Taurus
- 12:54 – 15:05 Gemini
- 15:05 – 17:12 Cancer
- 17:12 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 23:16 Libra
- 23:16 – 01:27 next day Scorpio
- 01:27 – 03:34 next day Sagittarius
- 03:34 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:31 next day Aquarius
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