Madurai panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:59 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 12:25 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 16:57
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:23
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:23 – 20:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 06:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 06:23 next day
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. 04:48 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:24 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:54 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:55 – 12:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:25 – 13:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:56 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:25 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:19 Aquarius
- 06:19 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:14 Leo
- 18:14 – 20:13 Virgo
- 20:13 – 22:17 Libra
- 22:17 – 00:28 next day Scorpio
- 00:28 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 06:15 next day Aquarius
- 06:15 – 06:23 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