Madurai panchang, 19 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 08:13 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
05:56 to 18:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:56
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:18
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:48
- Karana Gara until 14:18, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:48 – 19:48
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 18:31 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 14:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:41 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 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 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:44 Aries
- 05:44 – 07:47 Taurus
- 07:47 – 09:58 Gemini
- 09:58 – 12:06 Cancer
- 12:06 – 14:06 Leo
- 14:06 – 16:05 Virgo
- 16:05 – 18:09 Libra
- 18:09 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:28 Sagittarius
- 22:28 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:40 next day Aries
- 05:40 – 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