Madurai panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 05:06 Vaishakha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:22
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:22
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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:56 Aries
- 05:56 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:18 Leo
- 14:18 – 16:17 Virgo
- 16:17 – 18:21 Libra
- 18:21 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 02:19 next day Aquarius
- 02:19 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:52 next day Aries
- 05:52 – 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