Madurai panchang, 5 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 03:05 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 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:01
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:54 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:15, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 11:49
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. 04:42 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:49 – 06:22 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:49 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:03 Libra
- 05:03 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:21 Sagittarius
- 09:21 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 13:01 Aquarius
- 13:01 – 14:43 Pisces
- 14:43 – 16:34 Aries
- 16:34 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:48 Gemini
- 20:48 – 22:56 Cancer
- 22:56 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 06:22 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