Madurai panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 17:21 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:42
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:01 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:42
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 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 06:31 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 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