Madurai panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 12:29 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:19 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:04
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:04 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 10:13
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:13 – 20:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:04
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 08:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:19 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:19 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:50 Sagittarius
- 07:50 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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