Madurai panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 21:10 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:27
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:27 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 00:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:08 – 06:13 next day
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:13 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:51 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:51 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 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
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:04 Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 08:37 Aries
- 08:37 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 14:59 Cancer
- 14:59 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:02 Libra
- 21:02 – 23:13 Scorpio
- 23:13 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 05:00 next day Aquarius
- 05:00 – 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