Madurai panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 05:40 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:03
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:25 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 05:00 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:29 Capricorn
- 06:29 – 08:13 Aquarius
- 08:13 – 09:55 Pisces
- 09:55 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:07 Cancer
- 18:07 – 20:08 Leo
- 20:08 – 22:07 Virgo
- 22:07 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:22 next day Scorpio
- 02:22 – 04:29 next day Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:25 next day Capricorn
- 06:25 – 06:37 next day Aquarius
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