Madurai panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 23:24 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:38
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:05 to 06:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:30
- Karana Vanija until 13:25, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:25 – 21:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:38
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 12:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:43 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:00 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:53 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:53 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:47 Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 06:34 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