Madurai panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:13 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:49
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:27 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:25
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26 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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:07 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 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:58 Aries
- 07:58 – 10:01 Taurus
- 10:01 – 12:12 Gemini
- 12:12 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 18:19 Virgo
- 18:19 – 20:23 Libra
- 20:23 – 22:34 Scorpio
- 22:34 – 00:41 next day Sagittarius
- 00:41 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 06:07 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