Madurai panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 04:01 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:39
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:59 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:39
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:59 – 20:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 20:00 Gemini
- 20:00 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 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