Madurai panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 23:36 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:44
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:11 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:40 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:55
- Karana Vanija until 07:05, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:39 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:55 – 19:19
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 – 05:48
- 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 18:11 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 13:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 07:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:51 | Good |
| Rog | 13:51 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:11 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:37 Cancer
- 20:37 – 22:37 Leo
- 22:37 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 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