Madurai panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 20:41 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 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:10
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:05
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:42, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:42 – 20:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:22 – 01:34 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 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:05 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:47 next day Scorpio
- 05:47 – 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