Madurai panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 15:07 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:58
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:35
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:35 – 01:11 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. 04:30 – 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:46 Scorpio
- 21:46 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 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