Madurai panchang, 1 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 15:58 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:06, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 22:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:48 – 06:35 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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:48 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Char | 10:54 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:27 Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:08 next day Virgo
- 01:08 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:23 next day Scorpio
- 05:23 – 06:35 next day Sagittarius
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