Madurai panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 10:44 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:04
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:26 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:12 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 10:18
- Karana Taitila until 09:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:12 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:04
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 – 05:46
- 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 06:35 – 16:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:30 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:30 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:01 Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 09:28 Pisces
- 09:28 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:22 Taurus
- 13:22 – 15:33 Gemini
- 15:33 – 17:40 Cancer
- 17:40 – 19:40 Leo
- 19:40 – 21:39 Virgo
- 21:39 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 01:54 next day Scorpio
- 01:54 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:57 next day Capricorn
- 05:57 – 06:34 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