Madurai panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 22:28 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:28 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:27
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:27 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:11
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:04 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:31 – 06:28 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. 04:53 – 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:58 – 12:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:28 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:28 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:58 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:28 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 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:10 Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:27 Aries
- 10:27 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 16:49 Cancer
- 16:49 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 20:48 Virgo
- 20:48 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 01:03 next day Scorpio
- 01:03 – 03:11 next day Sagittarius
- 03:11 – 05:06 next day Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:28 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