Madurai panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 04:15 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:56
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:56
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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:00 Aries
- 06:00 – 08:03 Taurus
- 08:03 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 14:22 Leo
- 14:22 – 16:21 Virgo
- 16:21 – 18:25 Libra
- 18:25 – 20:36 Scorpio
- 20:36 – 22:43 Sagittarius
- 22:43 – 00:39 next day Capricorn
- 00:39 – 02:23 next day Aquarius
- 02:23 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:56 next day Aries
- 05:56 – 05:57 next day Taurus
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