Madurai panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 22:50 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:28 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:51
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:10 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:25
- Karana Gara until 18:43, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:28 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:24 – 06:38 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. 04:58 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 04:59 Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:07 Sagittarius
- 07:07 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:46 Aquarius
- 10:46 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:38 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