Madurai panchang, 28 February 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 15:45 Phalguna month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:31 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:28
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:26 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:43
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:02
- Karana Bava until 09:36, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:28
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. 04:56 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:31 | Good |
| Rog | 09:31 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Char | 12:30 – 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 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:29 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:41 Capricorn
- 05:41 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 09:08 Pisces
- 09:08 – 10:59 Aries
- 10:59 – 13:02 Taurus
- 13:02 – 15:13 Gemini
- 15:13 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:35 next day Scorpio
- 01:35 – 03:42 next day Sagittarius
- 03:42 – 05:37 next day Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:32 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