Madurai panchang, 14 April 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 03:32 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:54
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:27 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:06 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 15:39
- Karana Kaulava until 12:46, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:54
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 16:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:06 – 06:08 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 18:27 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:12 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:45 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:45 – 03:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:16 Gemini
- 12:16 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 18:23 Virgo
- 18:23 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 04:25 next day Aquarius
- 04:25 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:08 next day Aries
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