Madurai panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 13:44 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 13:57
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:57
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. 05:02 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 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
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:39 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)
- 05:02 – 05:48 Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 07:43 Capricorn
- 07:43 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 11:10 Pisces
- 11:10 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:15 Gemini
- 17:15 – 19:22 Cancer
- 19:22 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:26 next day Libra
- 01:26 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:44 next day Sagittarius
- 05:44 – 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