Madurai panchang, 1 December 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:53 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:53- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:26
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:53 to 06:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:15
- Karana Balava until 11:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:27 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:15 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:26
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. 04:40 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 23:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:53 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:13 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:46 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:19 Libra
- 05:19 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:37 Sagittarius
- 09:37 – 11:32 Capricorn
- 11:32 – 13:17 Aquarius
- 13:17 – 14:59 Pisces
- 14:59 – 16:49 Aries
- 16:49 – 18:53 Taurus
- 18:53 – 21:04 Gemini
- 21:04 – 23:11 Cancer
- 23:11 – 01:12 next day Leo
- 01:12 – 03:10 next day Virgo
- 03:10 – 05:15 next day Libra
- 05:15 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
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