Madurai panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 18:44 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:52 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:00
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:27 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:41
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:19
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:19 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:00
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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 07:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:52 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:16 Aquarius
- 05:16 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:49 Aries
- 08:49 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 21:14 Libra
- 21:14 – 23:25 Scorpio
- 23:25 – 01:32 next day Sagittarius
- 01:32 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 05:12 next day Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:14 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