Madurai panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 07:27 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:01
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:01 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:35
- Karana Bava until 09:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:01
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- 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 18:01 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:36 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:56 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 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