Madurai panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 16:40 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:48
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 20:51
- Karana Kaulava until 07:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 22:03
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 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 00:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:16 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:01 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 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 07:03 Aries
- 07:03 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:17 Gemini
- 11:17 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:39 Scorpio
- 21:39 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 01:42 next day Capricorn
- 01:42 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:01 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