Madurai panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 22:02 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:51 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:00
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:27 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:56 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:25
- Karana Balava until 14:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:25 – 16:16 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. 04:38 – 05:25
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Char | 13:51 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:12 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:00 Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 08:33 Aries
- 08:33 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:12 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