Madurai panchang, 13 March 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:54 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 16:57
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:27 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:31
- Karana Gara until 06:29, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 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. 04:50 – 05:38
- 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
| Char | 06:26 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:27 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:26 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:35 Aquarius
- 06:35 – 08:17 Pisces
- 08:17 – 10:07 Aries
- 10:07 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:33 Libra
- 22:33 – 00:43 next day Scorpio
- 00:43 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 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