Madurai panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 02:17 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:27
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:53 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:45
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:23
- Karana Bava until 11:21, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:27
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 – 05:31
- 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 06:21 – 23:45
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:07 Libra
- 05:07 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:25 Sagittarius
- 09:25 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 13:05 Aquarius
- 13:05 – 14:47 Pisces
- 14:47 – 16:38 Aries
- 16:38 – 18:41 Taurus
- 18:41 – 20:52 Gemini
- 20:52 – 22:59 Cancer
- 22:59 – 01:00 next day Leo
- 01:00 – 02:59 next day Virgo
- 02:59 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 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