Madurai panchang, 7 April 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 22:54 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 16:55
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:26 to 06:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:35
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:16
- Karana Taitila until 16:35, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam 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. 04:38 – 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 18:26 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:51 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 14:51 Cancer
- 14:51 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:13 next day Sagittarius
- 01:13 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:11 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