Madurai panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 20:20 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:52 – 15:23
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:27 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 14:17
- Karana Gara until 10:09, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:17 – 15:29
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. 04:39 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 21:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 21:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:52 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:08 Aquarius
- 05:08 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 17:03 Leo
- 17:03 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:17 Scorpio
- 23:17 – 01:25 next day Sagittarius
- 01:25 – 03:20 next day Capricorn
- 03:20 – 05:04 next day Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:13 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