Madurai panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 02:08 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:26
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:26 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:15
- Karana Vanija until 13:03, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:26
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. 04:36 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:09 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:31 Cancer
- 14:31 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:35 Libra
- 20:35 – 22:45 Scorpio
- 22:45 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:09 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