Madurai panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 19:31 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 16:55
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:27 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:42
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:55
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 – 05:27
- 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 06:14 – 08:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:52 | Good |
| Rog | 13:52 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:12 Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 08:45 Aries
- 08:45 – 10:48 Taurus
- 10:48 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 17:07 Leo
- 17:07 – 19:06 Virgo
- 19:06 – 21:10 Libra
- 21:10 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 05:08 next day Aquarius
- 05:08 – 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