Madurai panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 05:40 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:54
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:54
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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:07 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 06:06 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:26 Scorpio
- 22:26 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:56 next day Pisces
- 05:56 – 06:06 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