Madurai panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 12:53 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:33
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:59 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:33
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:29 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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:29 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