Madurai panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 02:51 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 15:59
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:26 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 15:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:09 – 03:12 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. 04:35 – 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
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 08:06 Aries
- 08:06 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 06:08 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