Madurai panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 05:37 Kartika month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:28
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:55 to 06:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:06
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:15, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:28
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 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:23 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:55 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:51 Libra
- 04:51 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:36 Gemini
- 20:36 – 22:44 Cancer
- 22:44 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:43 next day Virgo
- 02:43 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 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