Madurai panchang, 29 March 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 15:31 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:27
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:27 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:19
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:19 – 20:19
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. 04:42 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:51 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:53 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:53 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:32 Aquarius
- 05:32 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 09:05 Aries
- 09:05 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:19 Gemini
- 13:19 – 15:26 Cancer
- 15:26 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:30 Libra
- 21:30 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 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