Madurai panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 07:00 Magha 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 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:55 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 15:56
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:16 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 20:45
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 15:56
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 13:34
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. 05:01 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:52 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:34 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:28 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Char | 13:55 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:55 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 19:58 Cancer
- 19:58 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 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