Madurai panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 08:27 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 16:57
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:26 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:23
- Karana Gara until 14:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01 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. 04:59 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:07 – 06:36 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:07 – 06:36 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:33 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:26 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:13 Capricorn
- 06:13 – 07:57 Aquarius
- 07:57 – 09:40 Pisces
- 09:40 – 11:30 Aries
- 11:30 – 13:33 Taurus
- 13:33 – 15:44 Gemini
- 15:44 – 17:52 Cancer
- 17:52 – 19:52 Leo
- 19:52 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 06:09 next day Capricorn
- 06:09 – 06:36 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