Madurai panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 09:10 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:28
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:26 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:36 – 19:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:03 – 11:03
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. 04:58 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 19:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 13:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:30 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 07:53 Aquarius
- 07:53 – 09:36 Pisces
- 09:36 – 11:26 Aries
- 11:26 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:41 Gemini
- 15:41 – 17:48 Cancer
- 17:48 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 21:47 Virgo
- 21:47 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 06:05 next day Capricorn
- 06:05 – 06:35 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