Madurai panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 21:39 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:54
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:28 to 05:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 00:16 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:38, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:54
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. 04:27 – 05:13
- 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
| Rog | 06:00 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:49 Pisces
- 04:49 – 06:39 Aries
- 06:39 – 08:43 Taurus
- 08:43 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:01 Cancer
- 13:01 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 21:15 Scorpio
- 21:15 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:18 next day Capricorn
- 01:18 – 03:02 next day Aquarius
- 03:02 – 04:45 next day Pisces
- 04:45 – 05:59 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