Madurai panchang, 6 January 2027
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 05:17 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:49
- 09:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:09 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 23:14
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:08 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:32
- Karana Vishti until 09:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:49
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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
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