Madurai panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 09:47 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:43
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:02 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 16:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:07 – 06:32 next day
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 07:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 06:32 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