Madurai panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:29 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:48
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:48
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. 04:31 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:40
- 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 06:04 – 22:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:50 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 13:52 Cancer
- 13:52 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 17:51 Virgo
- 17:51 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 03:53 next day Aquarius
- 03:53 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 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