Madurai panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 23:19 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:03
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:27 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:35
- Karana Gara until 10:17, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:03
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. 04:52 – 05:40
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:11 – 06:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:11 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:28 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:06 Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:50 Aquarius
- 06:50 – 08:33 Pisces
- 08:33 – 10:23 Aries
- 10:23 – 12:27 Taurus
- 12:27 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 16:45 Cancer
- 16:45 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 00:59 next day Scorpio
- 00:59 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 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