Madurai panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:35 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:27
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:22
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 16:58
- Karana Gara until 07:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 19:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:22 – 03:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 23:58 – 01:55 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. 04:47 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:22 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:55 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:04 Aquarius
- 06:04 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:37 Aries
- 09:37 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 17:59 Leo
- 17:59 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 04:16 next day Capricorn
- 04:16 – 06:00 next day Aquarius
- 06:00 – 06:21 next day Pisces
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