Madurai panchang, 22 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 09:08 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 13:56 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 15:58
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:17 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:37
- Karana Vanija until 14:41, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:41 – 02:28 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 04:48 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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 14:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:28 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 13:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:56 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:24 Aries
- 13:24 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:38 Gemini
- 17:38 – 19:46 Cancer
- 19:46 – 21:46 Leo
- 21:46 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:08 next day Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 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