Madurai panchang, 11 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 08:11 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:29
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:23
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 10:18
- Karana Kaulava until 11:23, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:29
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. 04:45 – 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 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:04 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:30 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:37 Aquarius
- 12:37 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:25 Gemini
- 20:25 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:25 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