Madurai panchang, 15 March 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 03:31 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:27
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:27 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:17
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 10:25
- Karana Balava until 09:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:56
- 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
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. 04:49 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:26 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 12:03 Taurus
- 12:03 – 14:14 Gemini
- 14:14 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:43 next day Sagittarius
- 02:43 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:23 next day Aquarius
- 06:23 – 06:25 next day Pisces
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