Madurai panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 19:17 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 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:08
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:08 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 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 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:15 Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:22 Sagittarius
- 07:22 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 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