Madurai panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 23:46 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:51
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:26 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Vanija until 19:02, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:51
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:37 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:43
- 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 06:11 – 06:11 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:51 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:52 Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:47 Cancer
- 14:47 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:01 Scorpio
- 23:01 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:49 next day Aquarius
- 04:49 – 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