Madurai panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 18:29 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 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:44
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 01:47 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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:32 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Char | 10:50 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 06:32 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