Madurai panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 05:22 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 13:54 – 15:21
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:15 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:21
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 18:15 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Char | 12:27 – 13:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:54 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:27 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:31 Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 10:11 Aquarius
- 10:11 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:05 next day Virgo
- 00:05 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 06:27 next day Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 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