Madurai panchang, 12 May 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 02:06 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:13 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:55
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 05:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:52
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:17 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:19
- Karana Vishti until 14:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:25 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:04 – 23:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:19 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 01:17 next day
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) 11:48 – 12:38
- 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 01:17 – 05:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:17 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:32 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:13 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 06:12 Aries
- 06:12 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:37 Libra
- 18:37 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 00:50 next day Capricorn
- 00:50 – 02:35 next day Aquarius
- 02:35 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:57 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