Madurai panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:33 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:04 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:10 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:58
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:27 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:07
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 next day
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 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 06:04 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:04 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:10 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 22:02 Scorpio
- 22:02 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 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