Madurai panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 15:54 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 06:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:04
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
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. 04:29 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:52 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:02 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:08 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:10 Taurus
- 09:10 – 11:21 Gemini
- 11:21 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:27 Virgo
- 17:27 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 01:45 next day Capricorn
- 01:45 – 03:30 next day Aquarius
- 03:30 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 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