Madurai panchang, 6 December 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 03:54 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:54
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:54 to 06:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:41
- Karana Gara until 13:34, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:38 – 06:22 next day
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 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:22 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 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
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:59 Libra
- 04:59 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:57 Aquarius
- 12:57 – 14:39 Pisces
- 14:39 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:33 Taurus
- 18:33 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 22:52 Cancer
- 22:52 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 02:51 next day Virgo
- 02:51 – 04:55 next day Libra
- 04:55 – 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