Madurai panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 22:29 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:47
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:28 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:47
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:35 Aries
- 06:35 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 12:57 Cancer
- 12:57 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 21:11 Scorpio
- 21:11 – 23:19 Sagittarius
- 23:19 – 01:14 next day Capricorn
- 01:14 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 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