Madurai panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 04:51 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:41
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:59 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:29 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:45 Taurus
- 17:45 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:29 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