Madurai panchang, 7 December 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 04:45 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:36
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:14 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:54 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:13 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:46
- Karana Vishti until 15:15, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:14 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:36
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. 04:43 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:48 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:23 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:55 Libra
- 04:55 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 14:36 Pisces
- 14:36 – 16:26 Aries
- 16:26 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 22:48 Cancer
- 22:48 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 06:23 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