Madurai panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 23:17 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:28 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:14, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:59
- Rahu 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. 04:27 – 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:45 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:06 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:41 Pisces
- 04:41 – 06:31 Aries
- 06:31 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:46 Gemini
- 10:46 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 18:57 Libra
- 18:57 – 21:07 Scorpio
- 21:07 – 23:15 Sagittarius
- 23:15 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 02:55 next day Aquarius
- 02:55 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 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