Madurai panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 04:29 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 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 11:00 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:47
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:14 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:33 – 11:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:00 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:27 – 13:54 | Good |
| Rog | 13:54 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:40 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 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:35 Sagittarius
- 06:35 – 08:30 Capricorn
- 08:30 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:09 Cancer
- 20:09 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:13 next day Libra
- 02:13 – 04:24 next day Scorpio
- 04:24 – 06:31 next day Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 06:40 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