Madurai panchang, 18 June 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 09:08 Jyeshtha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:53 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:06
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:38 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:59
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:14, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:14 – 18:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:06
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. 04:27 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 11:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 11:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 11:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:59 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:53 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:53 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:50 Taurus
- 05:50 – 08:01 Gemini
- 08:01 – 10:08 Cancer
- 10:08 – 12:08 Leo
- 12:08 – 14:07 Virgo
- 14:07 – 16:11 Libra
- 16:11 – 18:22 Scorpio
- 18:22 – 20:30 Sagittarius
- 20:30 – 22:25 Capricorn
- 22:25 – 00:09 next day Aquarius
- 00:09 – 01:52 next day Pisces
- 01:52 – 03:42 next day Aries
- 03:42 – 05:46 next day Taurus
- 05:46 – 05:58 next day Gemini
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