Madurai panchang, 31 March 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:27 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:53
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 08:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:27 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 07:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:58, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 08:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:53
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. 04:42 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 07:07 Pisces
- 07:07 – 08:58 Aries
- 08:58 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:12 Gemini
- 13:12 – 15:19 Cancer
- 15:19 – 17:20 Leo
- 17:20 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:23 Libra
- 21:23 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:41 next day Sagittarius
- 01:41 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:16 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