Madurai panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 06:36 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:07
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:00 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:17
- Karana Naga until 07:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:07
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. 04:49 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 06:30 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