Madurai panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 11:39 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 09:32 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 12:30 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 16:57
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:26 to 06:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:02
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 07:23
- Karana Vanija until 07:02, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:23 – 04:26 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:26 – 05:38 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. 04:57 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Char | 09:32 – 11:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:01 – 12:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:30 – 13:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:59 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:57 | Good |
| Rog | 16:57 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:57 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:30 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:01 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:42 Aquarius
- 07:42 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:14 Aries
- 11:14 – 13:18 Taurus
- 13:18 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:36 Cancer
- 17:36 – 19:36 Leo
- 19:36 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 01:50 next day Scorpio
- 01:50 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 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