Madurai panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 00:13 Margashirsha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:47
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:32
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:32, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:11
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:26 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:47
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:12 next day Virgo
- 01:12 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:28 next day Scorpio
- 05:28 – 06:35 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