Madurai panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 05:40 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:56
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:27 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 09:48 Aries
- 09:48 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 20:09 Virgo
- 20:09 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
- 06:11 – 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