Madurai panchang, 10 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 07:21 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:56 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:58 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 09:24
- Karana Bava until 08:46, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:43
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:24 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
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 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:18 Taurus
- 18:18 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 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