Madurai panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 07:06 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:00
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:30 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:00
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 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:56 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:48 Aries
- 05:48 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:10 Cancer
- 12:10 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:24 Scorpio
- 20:24 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:27 next day Capricorn
- 00:27 – 02:11 next day Aquarius
- 02:11 – 03:54 next day Pisces
- 03:54 – 05:44 next day Aries
- 05:44 – 05:56 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