Varanasi panchang, 4 February 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 20:15 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:34
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:43 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:10 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:04 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:20, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:20 – 00:10 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. 04:56 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:28 Sagittarius
- 05:28 – 07:13 Capricorn
- 07:13 – 08:43 Aquarius
- 08:43 – 10:12 Pisces
- 10:12 – 11:50 Aries
- 11:50 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 16:01 Gemini
- 16:01 – 18:19 Cancer
- 18:19 – 20:33 Leo
- 20:33 – 22:46 Virgo
- 22:46 – 01:02 next day Libra
- 01:02 – 03:19 next day Scorpio
- 03:19 – 05:24 next day Sagittarius
- 05:24 – 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