Madurai panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 08:57 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:03
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:03
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- 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 06:25 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:16 Pisces
- 14:16 – 16:06 Aries
- 16:06 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:21 Gemini
- 20:21 – 22:28 Cancer
- 22:28 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 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