Madurai panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 10:23 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:56 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:00
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:56 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:56 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:36 Aries
- 05:36 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:51 Gemini
- 09:51 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 20:12 Scorpio
- 20:12 – 22:20 Sagittarius
- 22:20 – 00:15 next day Capricorn
- 00:15 – 01:59 next day Aquarius
- 01:59 – 03:42 next day Pisces
- 03:42 – 05:32 next day Aries
- 05:32 – 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