Madurai panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 22:02 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 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:50
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:10 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:53
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:33
- Karana Balava until 06:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:50
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:10 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:03 Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:44 next day Virgo
- 00:44 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 04:59 next day Scorpio
- 04:59 – 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