Madurai panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 14:37 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 13:53 – 15:24
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:27 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:46
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 08:46, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46 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 – 05:30
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 14:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:49 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:53 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:36 Aquarius
- 05:36 – 07:18 Pisces
- 07:18 – 09:08 Aries
- 09:08 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:30 Cancer
- 15:30 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:44 Scorpio
- 23:44 – 01:52 next day Sagittarius
- 01:52 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:32 next day Aquarius
- 05:32 – 06:17 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