Madurai panchang, 3 December 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 01:29 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:35
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:53 to 06:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:04 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 09:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:54, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:04 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:20 – 09:23
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. 04:41 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 23:04
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:11 Libra
- 05:11 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:24 Capricorn
- 11:24 – 13:09 Aquarius
- 13:09 – 14:51 Pisces
- 14:51 – 16:42 Aries
- 16:42 – 18:45 Taurus
- 18:45 – 20:56 Gemini
- 20:56 – 23:03 Cancer
- 23:03 – 01:04 next day Leo
- 01:04 – 03:03 next day Virgo
- 03:03 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 06:21 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