Madurai panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:26 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:51 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 15:59
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:26 to 06:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:20
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 17:58
- Karana Vishti until 08:13, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 15:59
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 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 – 08:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:43 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:51 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:42 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 06:31 Pisces
- 06:31 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 01:05 next day Sagittarius
- 01:05 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:10 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