Madurai panchang, 31 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 16:56 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 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 13:58 – 15:26
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:21 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 08:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:34 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:33
- Karana Taitila until 08:26, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:53 – 16:43 next day
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 18:21 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 01:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:26 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Char | 12:30 – 13:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:58 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:36 Sagittarius
- 05:36 – 07:31 Capricorn
- 07:31 – 09:16 Aquarius
- 09:16 – 10:58 Pisces
- 10:58 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 21:11 Leo
- 21:11 – 23:10 Virgo
- 23:10 – 01:14 next day Libra
- 01:14 – 03:25 next day Scorpio
- 03:25 – 05:32 next day Sagittarius
- 05:32 – 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