Madurai panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 10:59 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 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:31
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:58 to 06:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:38 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:31
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 11:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:53 – 06:27 next day
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. 04:47 – 05:37
- 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 17:58 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 11:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:20 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:54 Aries
- 15:54 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:16 Cancer
- 22:16 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:27 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