Madurai panchang, 22 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 09:55 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:26
- 11:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:26 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 11:10
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 13:08
- Karana Balava until 11:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:54 – 06:35 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. 04:58 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 17:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:54 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 11:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:02 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:30 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:49 Aquarius
- 07:49 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:22 Aries
- 11:22 – 13:26 Taurus
- 13:26 – 15:37 Gemini
- 15:37 – 17:44 Cancer
- 17:44 – 19:44 Leo
- 19:44 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 04:06 next day Sagittarius
- 04:06 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 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