Madurai panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:51 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 16:57
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:05
- Karana Vishti until 17:53, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 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. 04:53 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 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
| Char | 06:30 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:18 Capricorn
- 05:18 – 07:02 Aquarius
- 07:02 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:35 Aries
- 10:35 – 12:38 Taurus
- 12:38 – 14:49 Gemini
- 14:49 – 16:57 Cancer
- 16:57 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:00 Libra
- 23:00 – 01:11 next day Scorpio
- 01:11 – 03:19 next day Sagittarius
- 03:19 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:29 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