Madurai panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 20:17 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:50
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:08 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:47
- Karana Gara until 09:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02 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 06:36 – 13:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:37 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:11 Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:14 Capricorn
- 09:14 – 10:58 Aquarius
- 10:58 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 20:53 Cancer
- 20:53 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 06:37 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