Madurai panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:16 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:02
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:27 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:02
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
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:26 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:25 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:23 Aquarius
- 06:23 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:17 Virgo
- 20:17 – 22:21 Libra
- 22:21 – 00:32 next day Scorpio
- 00:32 – 02:39 next day Sagittarius
- 02:39 – 04:35 next day Capricorn
- 04:35 – 06:19 next day Aquarius
- 06:19 – 06:24 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