Madurai panchang, 15 December 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 02:26 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:39
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:58 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:30
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:30 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:39
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:27 – 11:08
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 22:15 Cancer
- 22:15 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:27 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