Madurai panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 18:12 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:14
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:07 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:00 next day Virgo
- 01:00 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 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