Madurai panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 13:39 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:56
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:27 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:07
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:24 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:10
- Karana Kaulava until 10:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:24 – 06:18 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. 04:43 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 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 06:18 – 15:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:54 | Good |
| Rog | 13:54 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:53 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 15:34 Cancer
- 15:34 – 17:34 Leo
- 17:34 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:48 Scorpio
- 23:48 – 01:56 next day Sagittarius
- 01:56 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
- 05:36 – 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