Madurai panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 07:05 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:56
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:27 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:56
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) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:22 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:25 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:07 Aquarius
- 06:07 – 07:50 Pisces
- 07:50 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:43 Taurus
- 11:43 – 13:54 Gemini
- 13:54 – 16:02 Cancer
- 16:02 – 18:02 Leo
- 18:02 – 20:01 Virgo
- 20:01 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:19 next day Capricorn
- 04:19 – 06:03 next day Aquarius
- 06:03 – 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