Madurai panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 13:35 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:07
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:59 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 10:35
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:35 – 21:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:07
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:29 – 15:58
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. 04:49 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 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