Madurai panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 08:28 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 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 13:55
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:17 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:11 Capricorn
- 08:11 – 09:55 Aquarius
- 09:55 – 11:38 Pisces
- 11:38 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:31 Taurus
- 15:31 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 21:50 Leo
- 21:50 – 23:49 Virgo
- 23:49 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:12 next day Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 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