Madurai panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 16:15 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 18:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:35
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:01 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:24
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:32
- Karana Taitila until 14:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:35
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 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 10:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 14:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:45 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:30 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:31 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