Madurai panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 17:04 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 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:40
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:07 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:40
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) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:04 next day Virgo
- 01:04 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 06:36 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