Madurai panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 12:37 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 13:54 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:01
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:27 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:31 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:31 – 02:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 16:19
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 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 16:19 – 06:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:19 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:19 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:54 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:54 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:51 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:38 Leo
- 17:38 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 23:52 Scorpio
- 23:52 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
- 05:40 – 06:18 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