Madurai panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 00:02 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:21
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:29 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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. 04:26 – 05:12
- 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 18:29 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:32 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:32 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:33 Pisces
- 04:33 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:45 Cancer
- 12:45 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 16:44 Virgo
- 16:44 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 20:59 Scorpio
- 20:59 – 23:07 Sagittarius
- 23:07 – 01:02 next day Capricorn
- 01:02 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 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