Madurai panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 06:08 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:51
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:27 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 07:26
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:58, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:26 – 05:36 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:36 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 18:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:25 – 06:12 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. 04:38 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:29 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:51 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:40 Pisces
- 06:40 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:45 Gemini
- 12:45 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 16:52 Leo
- 16:52 – 18:51 Virgo
- 18:51 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 06:12 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