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February 2026
Somavara
Sunrise
6:52 AM
Sunset
6:16 PM
Sunrise
6:51 AM 24 Feb
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The five aṅgas
- Tithi
- Shukla Shashthi
- until 9:09 AM
- then Shukla Saptami
- Nakṣatra
- Bharani
- until 4:33 PM
- then Krittika
- Yoga
- Brahma
- until 10:18 AM
- then Indra
- Karaṇa
- Taitila
- until 9:09 AM
- then Gara until 8:06 PM
- then Vanija
- Vāra
- Somavara
- sunrise to sunrise
- Moonrise & moonset
- 10:12 AM
- sets —
Choghaḍiyā
- Daytime from 6:52 AM
- Amṛta Best 6:52 AM – 8:17 AM
- Kāla Loss 8:17 AM – 9:43 AM
- Śubha Good 9:43 AM – 11:08 AM
- Roga Illness 11:08 AM – 12:34 PM
- Udvega Anxiety 12:34 PM – 2:00 PM
- Cala Neutral 2:00 PM – 3:25 PM
- Lābha Gain 3:25 PM – 4:51 PM
- Amṛta Best 4:51 PM – 6:16 PM
- Night from 6:16 PM
- Cala Neutral 6:16 PM – 7:51 PM
- Roga Illness 7:51 PM – 9:25 PM
- Kāla Loss 9:25 PM – 10:59 PM
- Lābha Gain 10:59 PM – 12:34 AM
- Udvega Anxiety 12:34 AM – 2:08 AM
- Śubha Good 2:08 AM – 3:42 AM
- Amṛta Best 3:42 AM – 5:16 AM
- Cala Neutral 5:16 AM – 6:51 AM
Periods of the day
Auspicious
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Brāhma muhūrta 5:11 AM – 6:01 AM
The hour before dawn, kept for japa, study and meditation rather than for beginnings.
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Abhijit muhūrta 12:11 PM – 12:57 PM
Held to override most inauspicious periods; the usual fallback when no better muhūrta is available.
Inauspicious
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Rāhu kāla 8:17 AM – 9:43 AM
Avoided for beginnings — travel, purchases, a first recitation. Ongoing practice is not interrupted.
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Yamagaṇḍa 11:08 AM – 12:34 PM
Avoided for auspicious undertakings, on the same footing as rāhu kāla.
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Gulika kāla 2:00 PM – 3:25 PM
Held to make what is begun in it repeat, so it is avoided for anything one would not want again.
Cāturmāsya — next runs 24 Jul 2026 to 20 Nov 2026, from Devaśayanī Ekādaśī in Āṣāḍha to Prabodhinī Ekādaśī in Kārtika.
The choghaḍiyā and the periods above are marked customary: they are widely kept practice, and no text this site publishes prescribes them yet. The aṅgas, sunrise and sunset are computed and exact.
Computed with dṛk gaṇita (observation-based) and the Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, from the Swiss Ephemeris. The day's aṅgas are those running at sunrise. How dates are computed.