Madurai panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 12:15 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 18:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:23
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:09 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:13
- Karana Vishti until 16:40, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:13 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:23
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 18:32 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:09 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:27 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:32 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:28 Aries
- 05:28 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 11:50 Cancer
- 11:50 – 13:50 Leo
- 13:50 – 15:49 Virgo
- 15:49 – 17:54 Libra
- 17:54 – 20:04 Scorpio
- 20:04 – 22:12 Sagittarius
- 22:12 – 00:07 next day Capricorn
- 00:07 – 01:52 next day Aquarius
- 01:52 – 03:34 next day Pisces
- 03:34 – 05:24 next day Aries
- 05:24 – 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