Madurai panchang, 31 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 18:42 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 18:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:34
- 14:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:34 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:15
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 06:19 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:15, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:34
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 16:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:12 – 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 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:34 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:57 Aries
- 04:57 – 07:00 Taurus
- 07:00 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:19 Cancer
- 11:19 – 13:19 Leo
- 13:19 – 15:18 Virgo
- 15:18 – 17:22 Libra
- 17:22 – 19:33 Scorpio
- 19:33 – 21:40 Sagittarius
- 21:40 – 23:36 Capricorn
- 23:36 – 01:20 next day Aquarius
- 01:20 – 03:03 next day Pisces
- 03:03 – 04:53 next day Aries
- 04:53 – 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