Madurai panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 11:21 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 16:57
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:19
- Karana Taitila until 06:25, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 02:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:08 – 05:56 next day
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 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 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 – 06:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:31 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:36 Taurus
- 07:36 – 09:47 Gemini
- 09:47 – 11:54 Cancer
- 11:54 – 13:54 Leo
- 13:54 – 15:53 Virgo
- 15:53 – 17:58 Libra
- 17:58 – 20:08 Scorpio
- 20:08 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 00:11 next day Capricorn
- 00:11 – 01:56 next day Aquarius
- 01:56 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 05:28 next day Aries
- 05:28 – 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