Madurai panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 06:30 Margashirsha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:36
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:55 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:36
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. 04:44 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:24 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 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:47 Libra
- 04:47 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 14:28 Pisces
- 14:28 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 22:40 Cancer
- 22:40 – 00:40 next day Leo
- 00:40 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 06:24 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