Madurai panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 00:40 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:33
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:53 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:31
- Karana Taitila until 10:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:33
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 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:15 Libra
- 05:15 – 07:25 Scorpio
- 07:25 – 09:33 Sagittarius
- 09:33 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 13:13 Aquarius
- 13:13 – 14:55 Pisces
- 14:55 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 18:49 Taurus
- 18:49 – 21:00 Gemini
- 21:00 – 23:07 Cancer
- 23:07 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 03:06 next day Virgo
- 03:06 – 05:11 next day Libra
- 05:11 – 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