Varanasi panchang, 3 February 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 19:17 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 17:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:19
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:42 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:10 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:39 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:12, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:39 – 05:03 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 – 05:49
- 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 17:42 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:41 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:41 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:42 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:41 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:32 Sagittarius
- 05:32 – 07:17 Capricorn
- 07:17 – 08:47 Aquarius
- 08:47 – 10:16 Pisces
- 10:16 – 11:54 Aries
- 11:54 – 13:51 Taurus
- 13:51 – 16:05 Gemini
- 16:05 – 18:23 Cancer
- 18:23 – 20:37 Leo
- 20:37 – 22:50 Virgo
- 22:50 – 01:06 next day Libra
- 01:06 – 03:23 next day Scorpio
- 03:23 – 05:28 next day Sagittarius
- 05:28 – 06:40 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