Madurai panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 09:24 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:16 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 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. 04:32 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:05 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:43 – 12:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:16 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:34 Aries
- 07:34 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 06:04 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