Madurai panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 14:19 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:27
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:27
- Karana Taitila until 06:14, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:27
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. 04:30 – 05:16
- 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 06:03 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:35 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:18 Taurus
- 09:18 – 11:29 Gemini
- 11:29 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:50 Scorpio
- 21:50 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:02 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