Madurai panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:10 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 16:55
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:27 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:56
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:41
- Karana Taitila until 06:56, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:18 – 10:24
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. 04:41 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 15:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 06:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:10 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:50 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:53 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:52 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:50 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:57 Aries
- 08:57 – 11:00 Taurus
- 11:00 – 13:11 Gemini
- 13:11 – 15:18 Cancer
- 15:18 – 17:19 Leo
- 17:19 – 19:18 Virgo
- 19:18 – 21:22 Libra
- 21:22 – 23:33 Scorpio
- 23:33 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:15 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