Madurai panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 09:40 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 17:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 17:57
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:48
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:12 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:14
- Karana Vishti until 16:48, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:14 – 15:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 17:57
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. 04:46 – 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 17:57 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:38 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:26 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 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:06 Taurus
- 18:06 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:26 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