Madurai panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 19:04 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:21
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:50 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:44
- Karana Balava until 11:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
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. 04:28 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:01 Pisces
- 05:01 – 06:51 Aries
- 06:51 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 15:13 Leo
- 15:13 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:27 Scorpio
- 21:27 – 23:34 Sagittarius
- 23:34 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:57 next day Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:00 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