Varanasi panchang, 2 February 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 18:15 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:29
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:41 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:47 Moon enters Leo
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:20
- Karana Balava until 14:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:47 Moon enters Leo
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:29
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 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:36 Sagittarius
- 05:36 – 07:20 Capricorn
- 07:20 – 08:51 Aquarius
- 08:51 – 10:20 Pisces
- 10:20 – 11:58 Aries
- 11:58 – 13:55 Taurus
- 13:55 – 16:09 Gemini
- 16:09 – 18:27 Cancer
- 18:27 – 20:41 Leo
- 20:41 – 22:53 Virgo
- 22:53 – 01:10 next day Libra
- 01:10 – 03:27 next day Scorpio
- 03:27 – 05:32 next day Sagittarius
- 05:32 – 06:41 next day Capricorn
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