Madurai panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 06:22 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 13:55 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 16:02
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 01:17 next day
- Karana Naga until 06:53, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 16:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:23 – 06:35
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. 04:47 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 06:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:05 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Char | 10:54 – 12:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:25 – 13:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:55 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:11 Aquarius
- 06:11 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:20 next day Scorpio
- 00:20 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 06:07 next day Aquarius
- 06:07 – 06:22 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