Madurai panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:57 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:52
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:27 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:50
- Karana Vanija until 07:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:52
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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:45
- 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 06:15 – 16:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:20 Aquarius
- 05:20 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 08:53 Aries
- 08:53 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 15:14 Cancer
- 15:14 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 21:18 Libra
- 21:18 – 23:29 Scorpio
- 23:29 – 01:36 next day Sagittarius
- 01:36 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 05:16 next day Aquarius
- 05:16 – 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