Madurai panchang, 26 February 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 13:40 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:32 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:31 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:04
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:26 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 22:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:37, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:31 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 12:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:11 – 06:33 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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 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 06:34 – 06:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:32 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:30 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:30 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:49 Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:34 Aquarius
- 07:34 – 09:16 Pisces
- 09:16 – 11:06 Aries
- 11:06 – 13:10 Taurus
- 13:10 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:28 Cancer
- 17:28 – 19:28 Leo
- 19:28 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:45 next day Capricorn
- 05:45 – 06:33 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