Madurai panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:03 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:03
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:58 – 10:31 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:15
- Rahu 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. 04:51 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:27 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:27 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:56 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:54 Capricorn
- 04:54 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:21 Pisces
- 08:21 – 10:11 Aries
- 10:11 – 12:15 Taurus
- 12:15 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:47 next day Scorpio
- 00:47 – 02:55 next day Sagittarius
- 02:55 – 04:50 next day Capricorn
- 04:50 – 06:26 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