Madurai panchang, 25 March 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:34 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:54
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:27 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 03:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:54
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. 04:44 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 17:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 13:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:47 Aquarius
- 05:47 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:42 Cancer
- 15:42 – 17:42 Leo
- 17:42 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:04 next day Sagittarius
- 02:04 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:19 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