Madurai panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 15:15 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:42
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:42
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:31 Aries
- 15:31 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 06:30 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