Madurai panchang, 3 March 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 18:28 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 09:30 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 12:29 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 17:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:31 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:24
- Karana Bava until 17:07, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
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
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Char | 09:30 – 11:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:00 – 12:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:29 – 13:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:58 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:58 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:59 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:30 Capricorn
- 05:30 – 07:14 Aquarius
- 07:14 – 08:56 Pisces
- 08:56 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:09 Cancer
- 17:09 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 21:08 Virgo
- 21:08 – 23:12 Libra
- 23:12 – 01:23 next day Scorpio
- 01:23 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
- 05:26 – 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