Madurai panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 19:37 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:36
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:02 to 06:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 08:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:16 – 00:22 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:50 – 06:32 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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 22:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 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