Madurai panchang, 30 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:51 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 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:53
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:20 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:09
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:27 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:58
- Karana Balava until 11:09, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:27 – 16:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:58 – 18:10
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:27 – 06:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:27 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:30 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:39 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)
- 05:02 – 05:40 Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 07:35 Capricorn
- 07:35 – 09:20 Aquarius
- 09:20 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 12:53 Aries
- 12:53 – 14:56 Taurus
- 14:56 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:14 Cancer
- 19:14 – 21:15 Leo
- 21:15 – 23:13 Virgo
- 23:13 – 01:18 next day Libra
- 01:18 – 03:29 next day Scorpio
- 03:29 – 05:36 next day Sagittarius
- 05:36 – 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