Madurai panchang, 25 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 11:11 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 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:18
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:35 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:18 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:10 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 11:45
- Karana Gara until 11:58, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:35 Moon enters Aries
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:18
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 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 13:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:35 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:02 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:57 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 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 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:39 Aquarius
- 09:39 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:16 Taurus
- 15:16 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:34 Cancer
- 19:34 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:38 next day Libra
- 01:38 – 03:48 next day Scorpio
- 03:48 – 05:56 next day Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 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