Varanasi panchang, 5 February 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 21:11 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:31
- 12:10 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:43 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:57 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:10, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:31
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 22:57
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 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 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:22 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:24 Sagittarius
- 05:24 – 07:09 Capricorn
- 07:09 – 08:39 Aquarius
- 08:39 – 10:08 Pisces
- 10:08 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 13:43 Taurus
- 13:43 – 15:57 Gemini
- 15:57 – 18:15 Cancer
- 18:15 – 20:29 Leo
- 20:29 – 22:42 Virgo
- 22:42 – 00:58 next day Libra
- 00:58 – 03:15 next day Scorpio
- 03:15 – 05:20 next day Sagittarius
- 05:20 – 06:39 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