Madurai panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 11:37 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:39
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:58 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
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