Madurai panchang, 26 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 14:38 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 16:58
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:10 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:43, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:10 – 03:25 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 18:32 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:32 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 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 – 05:16 Aries
- 05:16 – 07:20 Taurus
- 07:20 – 09:31 Gemini
- 09:31 – 11:38 Cancer
- 11:38 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:37 Virgo
- 15:37 – 17:42 Libra
- 17:42 – 19:52 Scorpio
- 19:52 – 22:00 Sagittarius
- 22:00 – 23:55 Capricorn
- 23:55 – 01:40 next day Aquarius
- 01:40 – 03:22 next day Pisces
- 03:22 – 05:13 next day Aries
- 05:13 – 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