Madurai panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:04 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 13:58 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:04
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 07:45
- Karana Gara until 17:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 08:00
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:45 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:30 – 08:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 17:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:59 – 18:07
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 13:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:58 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:28 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:30 next day | Good |
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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 08:49 Pisces
- 08:49 – 10:39 Aries
- 10:39 – 12:42 Taurus
- 12:42 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:01 Leo
- 19:01 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 23:04 Libra
- 23:04 – 01:15 next day Scorpio
- 01:15 – 03:23 next day Sagittarius
- 03:23 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:30 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