Madurai panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:55 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:07 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:59
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:27 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 11:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 06:07 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:07 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:54 Aries
- 07:54 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:30 Scorpio
- 22:30 – 00:37 next day Sagittarius
- 00:37 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:59 next day Pisces
- 05:59 – 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