Madurai panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 07:50 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:22 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:26
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 06:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:46 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:48
- 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 23:56 – 06:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:22 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Char | 12:24 – 13:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:55 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:46 Pisces
- 07:46 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 15:58 Cancer
- 15:58 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:20 next day Sagittarius
- 02:20 – 04:15 next day Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 06:21 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