Madurai panchang, 21 April 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 18:54 Chaitra month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:49
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:27 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:44 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 16:10
- Karana Balava until 15:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:49
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. 04:32 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:41
- 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 03:30 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 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 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:20 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
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:35 Aries
- 07:35 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:50 Gemini
- 11:50 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 20:00 Libra
- 20:00 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 03:58 next day Aquarius
- 03:58 – 05:41 next day Pisces
- 05:41 – 06:05 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