Madurai panchang, 9 January 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 07:39 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:31 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 13:51 – 15:17
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:10 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:07 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 16:15
- Karana Balava until 17:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:15 – 17:27
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:16 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:31 | Good |
| Rog | 09:31 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Char | 12:24 – 13:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:51 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:10 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 01:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:58 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:37 next day Virgo
- 00:37 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 06:38 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