Madurai panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 12:32 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:54
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:01, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:24 – 03:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 20:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 06:03 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 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 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 20:14 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:03 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 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 15:44 Leo
- 15:44 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:06 next day Sagittarius
- 00:06 – 02:01 next day Capricorn
- 02:01 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 06:03 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