Madurai panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 09:48 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 16:50
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:17 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 15:59
- Karana Bava until 14:10, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:50
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) 12:06 – 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 14:33 – 06:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:46 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:29 – 13:56 | Good |
| Rog | 13:56 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:08 Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 08:03 Capricorn
- 08:03 – 09:47 Aquarius
- 09:47 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 19:42 Cancer
- 19:42 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 03:56 next day Scorpio
- 03:56 – 06:04 next day Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 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