Madurai panchang, 22 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 08:39 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:27
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:27 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:17
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:41
- Karana Vanija until 10:37, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:41 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:27
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:21 – 22:42
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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 22:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:21 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:55 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 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
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:36 Taurus
- 11:36 – 13:46 Gemini
- 13:46 – 15:54 Cancer
- 15:54 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 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