Madurai panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 11:08 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:37
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:03 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:01 – 12:21 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:37
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 09:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 13:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 06:33 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