Madurai panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 03:13 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:13 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:32
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:58 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:57
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:23
- Karana Kaulava until 10:38, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:32
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) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:57 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Char | 09:20 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:13 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:13 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:53 Taurus
- 17:53 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 06:28 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