Madurai panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 11:57 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 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 15:59
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:19 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:11
- Karana Vishti until 10:17, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 15:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:39 – 15:38
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 18:19 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:30 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:30 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:56 Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 07:51 Capricorn
- 07:51 – 09:36 Aquarius
- 09:36 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 15:12 Taurus
- 15:12 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:30 Cancer
- 19:30 – 21:30 Leo
- 21:30 – 23:29 Virgo
- 23:29 – 01:34 next day Libra
- 01:34 – 03:44 next day Scorpio
- 03:44 – 05:52 next day Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 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