Madurai panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 06:28 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:22
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:22
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 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:46 Aries
- 07:46 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:08 Cancer
- 14:08 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:30 next day Sagittarius
- 00:30 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 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