Madurai panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 21:12 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 09:30 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 12:23 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:42
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:09 to 06:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:02
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:21
- Karana Vishti until 08:02, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:42
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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 12:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 08:02
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:37 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Char | 09:30 – 10:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:56 – 12:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:23 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:23 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 00:48 next day Virgo
- 00:48 – 02:52 next day Libra
- 02:52 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 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