Madurai panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 13:56 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:54 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 15:56
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:15 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 09:33
- Karana Gara until 10:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 15:56
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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 21:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Char | 13:54 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:24 Capricorn
- 08:24 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 22:03 Leo
- 22:03 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 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