Madurai panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:28 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:55
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:28 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:55
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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 05:58 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 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:37 Pisces
- 04:37 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:42 Gemini
- 10:42 – 12:49 Cancer
- 12:49 – 14:49 Leo
- 14:49 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 18:53 Libra
- 18:53 – 21:03 Scorpio
- 21:03 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 01:06 next day Capricorn
- 01:06 – 02:51 next day Aquarius
- 02:51 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 05:58 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