Madurai panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 12:14 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:40
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:59 to 06:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:40
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 20:01 Gemini
- 20:01 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 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