Madurai panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 07:45 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 09:34 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 12:28 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:49
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:40 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. 05:01 – 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 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:07 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Char | 09:34 – 11:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:01 – 12:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:28 – 13:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:55 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:49 | Good |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:55 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:07 – 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
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 09:59 Aquarius
- 09:59 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:46 Gemini
- 17:46 – 19:54 Cancer
- 19:54 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:08 next day Scorpio
- 04:08 – 06:16 next day Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 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