Madurai panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 21:39 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:58 – 15:27
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:27 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:52
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 11:15
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 – 05:41
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 19:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:15 – 06:29 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:15 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:58 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Char | 12:28 – 13:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:58 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:28 – 01:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:58 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:41 Pisces
- 08:41 – 10:31 Aries
- 10:31 – 12:34 Taurus
- 12:34 – 14:45 Gemini
- 14:45 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 18:53 Leo
- 18:53 – 20:52 Virgo
- 20:52 – 22:56 Libra
- 22:56 – 01:07 next day Scorpio
- 01:07 – 03:15 next day Sagittarius
- 03:15 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 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