Madurai panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 21:37 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:36
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:55 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:03
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:52 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:01
- Karana Balava until 16:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:45 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:46 – 13:44
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:50 Libra
- 04:50 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:48 Aquarius
- 12:48 – 14:31 Pisces
- 14:31 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:24 Taurus
- 18:24 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:43 Cancer
- 22:43 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 06:23 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