Madurai panchang, 5 February 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 21:27 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 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:34 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 13:59 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:02
- 12:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:57 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:10, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:34 – 11:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 22:57
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. 05:01 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:22 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:31 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:31 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:17 Sagittarius
- 05:17 – 07:12 Capricorn
- 07:12 – 08:56 Aquarius
- 08:56 – 10:39 Pisces
- 10:39 – 12:29 Aries
- 12:29 – 14:32 Taurus
- 14:32 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 18:51 Cancer
- 18:51 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 22:50 Virgo
- 22:50 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:13 next day Sagittarius
- 05:13 – 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