Madurai panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 02:45 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:53
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:13 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:53
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 19:55
- Karana Balava until 17:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:53
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. 04:59 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:39 – 03:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:39 – 03:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:53 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:21 next day Libra
- 02:21 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:39 next day Sagittarius
- 06:39 – 06:39 next day Capricorn
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