Madurai panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 20:47 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:28 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:58
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:43 Aries
- 06:43 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:27 Sagittarius
- 23:27 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 03:06 next day Aquarius
- 03:06 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 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