Madurai panchang, 3 December 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 16:17 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:33
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:57 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:53 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:26
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 16:57
- Karana Taitila until 12:26, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:57 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:08 – 07:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:33
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 18:00
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:00 – 06:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 06:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:10 Libra
- 05:10 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 13:08 Aquarius
- 13:08 – 14:50 Pisces
- 14:50 – 16:41 Aries
- 16:41 – 18:44 Taurus
- 18:44 – 20:55 Gemini
- 20:55 – 23:02 Cancer
- 23:02 – 01:03 next day Leo
- 01:03 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 05:06 next day Libra
- 05:06 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
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