Madurai panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 19:55 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:28
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:28
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 07:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 06:00 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. 04:28 – 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
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 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 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:47 Aries
- 06:47 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 15:09 Leo
- 15:09 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 19:12 Libra
- 19:12 – 21:23 Scorpio
- 21:23 – 23:31 Sagittarius
- 23:31 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 03:10 next day Aquarius
- 03:10 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 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