Madurai panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 10:21 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:39
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:57 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:16
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:04
- Karana Balava until 19:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:39
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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 09:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 09:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:12 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 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