Madurai panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 21:39 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:03
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:03 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:53
- Karana Bava until 06:35, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:03
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. 04:53 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:33 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 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:50 Capricorn
- 09:50 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 06:33 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